Spain first stole it from Peru...and now steals it from the salvagers.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an emergency application for a stay filed by a Florida deep-sea salvage company that wanted to maintain possession of a half billion dollars worth of gold and silver coins until a final decision is made about who owns them.
"Spain has now been victorious at every level in the United States courts, from Tampa to Atlanta to Washington," said Jim Goold, who defended Spain's claim to the treasure. "I am pleased and proud for all of us."
Odyssey Marine Exploration had made an emergency appeal to the high court in an attempt to block a lower court's order last week that it turn over the treasure to Spain.
This story was posted over at the cnn.com website on Thursday, February 9th...and I plucked it from a GATA release yesterday. The link is here.
