Gustavo Petro sends the Colombian Navy to search for the treasures of the San José galleon. David Correa, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Colombia, announced last week that his Government will invest 18,000 million pesos (4.25 million euros) in the first campaign to extract materials.
Spain, on the other hand, has always maintained that it has jurisdiction over the ship since it was a state vessel and not a private commercial mission. Spain justified its criteria in the UNESCO Convention on Underwater Heritage, which Colombia refused to sign.