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A $10 billion battle is brewing over ownership rights to a 300-year-old sunken warship believed to hold the biggest maritime treasure ever

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A $10 billion battle is brewing over ownership rights to a 300-year-old sunken warship believed to hold the biggest maritime treasure ever

  • A US salvage company is suing Colombia for half of a shipwreck's estimated $20 billion treasure.
  • The company says it was the first to find debris from the San José, which sank in 1708.
  • The Colombian government disputes the company's claims and says the treasure is a national heritage.
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