Galleon San José: loot or heritage?
(CNN Spanish) --
The Colombian government released current images on Monday of the remains of the San José galleon, in which you can see the treasures that have remained in the depths.
Among the findings of this new expedition were gold bars, swords, vessels, suitcases and other treasures.
The revelation of these videos from the bottom of the Caribbean Sea was announced by President Iván Duque who, from the Casa de Nariño, announced that two other sunken ships had been found.
Colombia finds the Spanish galleon San José
"We have a history of around a dozen similar vessels that will be located by our National Navy," said Duque.
The San José galleon is a Spanish ship that was sunk by English corsairs in 1708 off the coast of Cartagena de Indias.
The ship was located by the Colombian Navy in 2015.
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President Duque indicated that they have decided that the treasure be a "unified heritage, that cannot be divided, that cannot be separated, that is a whole, of enormous patrimonial wealth."
They reveal the secrets of the galleon sunk 300 years ago with a treasure of 17,000 million dollars
The president stressed that, to achieve these new discoveries, the Colombian Navy used high-definition equipment with which he was able to verify that the place has not been intervened by man.
For his part, the Minister of Defense, Diego Molano Aponte, celebrated the expedition and promised to guarantee the safety and protection of this national heritage.
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