Hay muchas ocasiones en las que la profesionalidad y el saber hacer y estar de nuestros funcionarios de la carrera diplomática se sobrepone a las incongruencias y caprichos de las medianías políticas ideologizadas que los dirigen, y el bien común de los españoles es eficientemente protegido. Y hoy estamos ante una de esas ocasiones. Mis enhorabuenas sinceras a los funcionarios del ARQUA, a los del Ministerio de Cultura y a los del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores que han hecho posible una sentencia histórica en defensa de nuestros intereses culturales en todo el mundo, y de cuya trascendencia a largo plazo muchos no son todavía del todo conscientes. Aunque ya veremos el día en el que la fragata sea hallada en las costas de Cuba.
A U.S. judge ruled that property Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. recovered from a sunken ship codenamed “Black Swan” must be returned to Spain. U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday in Tampa, Florida, adopted the recommendation of a magistrate judge that backed Spain’s position concerning the treasure from the ship, whose full name is Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes. Merryday said Odyssey could maintain the property while it pursues any appeal.
“The ineffable truth of this case is that the Mercedes is a naval vessel of Spain and that the wreck of this naval vessel, the vessel’s cargo and any human remains are the natural and legal patrimony of Spain,” Merryday wrote in an order yesterday. Odyssey, which searches for sunken treasure, said in May 2007 it recovered more than 17 tons (15,422 kilograms) of silver coins from the ship, which went down in the Atlantic Ocean off the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain contested the company’s claim to the wreck.[...]
Pizzo agreed with Spain that the U.S. lacks jurisdiction over the case and recommended that Merryday drop it and order the property returned to Spain. None of the exceptions Odyssey offered to a federal law applied, he said. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act grants immunity to a foreign state’s property in the U.S. from being taken. Merryday also adopted Pizzo’s finding that the U.S. can’t decide Peru’s claim against Spain to some of the treasure. Peru wasn’t an independent nation at the time of the wreck. Odyssey fell 3 cents to $1.49 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading yesterday. The shares fell 54 percent this year.
A U.S. judge ruled that property Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. recovered from a sunken ship codenamed “Black Swan” must be returned to Spain. U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday in Tampa, Florida, adopted the recommendation of a magistrate judge that backed Spain’s position concerning the treasure from the ship, whose full name is Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes. Merryday said Odyssey could maintain the property while it pursues any appeal.
“The ineffable truth of this case is that the Mercedes is a naval vessel of Spain and that the wreck of this naval vessel, the vessel’s cargo and any human remains are the natural and legal patrimony of Spain,” Merryday wrote in an order yesterday. Odyssey, which searches for sunken treasure, said in May 2007 it recovered more than 17 tons (15,422 kilograms) of silver coins from the ship, which went down in the Atlantic Ocean off the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain contested the company’s claim to the wreck.[...]
Pizzo agreed with Spain that the U.S. lacks jurisdiction over the case and recommended that Merryday drop it and order the property returned to Spain. None of the exceptions Odyssey offered to a federal law applied, he said. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act grants immunity to a foreign state’s property in the U.S. from being taken. Merryday also adopted Pizzo’s finding that the U.S. can’t decide Peru’s claim against Spain to some of the treasure. Peru wasn’t an independent nation at the time of the wreck. Odyssey fell 3 cents to $1.49 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading yesterday. The shares fell 54 percent this year.
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