Honduras, residents of Bay Islands reporting looting of Spanish Galleon by U.S. citizen

Posted on January 17, 2012 • Filed under: Archaeology, Crime, Honduras

Inhabitants of the Bay Islands urge the authorities of the Special Prosecutor for Ethnic and Cultural Heritage to investigate people who perform from the previous month, probably, extraction of archaeological artifacts from a Spanish galleon submerged in the Caribbean Sea. The news Teleprensa Roatan Channel 27 reported in the last days of the galleon objects are stolen by an American citizen and a nephew of President PP. The colonial vessel, which is possibly looted from the point of view of people of Roatan, is located approximately nine miles from the beach of this island, opposite the Jose Santos Guardiola municipality, near the island Santa Elena.

The news Teleprensa Roatan Channel 27 reported in the last days of the galleon objects are stolen by a United States citizen and a nephew of President of the Republic. In an interview with the local media, Manuel Calderon Romero, Roatan police chief, confirmed that an archaeologist from the United States participates, he said, in the recovery of parts and said he was unaware if a nephew of President participated. Eva Martinez, assistant IHAH, recently told Radio Globo that this institution has not extended any authorization to conduct archaeological research in the underwater air that island. Read Article

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