Colombia discovers two historical shipwrecks in Caribbean

Sites near galleon that sank in 1708 with treasure worth billions in today's dollars

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Artifacts found in the wreckage of the Spanish galleon San Jose are seen in a picture released on June 6. (Colombian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS)

BOGOTA (Reuters) -- Colombian naval officials conducting underwater monitoring of the long-sunken San Jose galleon have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby, President Ivan Duque said on Monday.

The San Jose galleon, thought by historians to be carrying treasure that would be worth billions of dollars, sank in 1708 near Colombia's Caribbean port of Cartagena.

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