We stole it first it belongs to us

There is a minor story about Spain suing an American salvage company to get back the treasure in one of their ships.

They argued that since the ship was sunk in a war, salvage rights don't count, and the courts agreed with Spain.

Bummer, you say.

Now the story has a twist: Peru is asking for their treasure back.

The Spanish took the silver from Peru when it was still a colony of Spain, so they essentially stole it in the first place.

Probably won't change the court's mind, since legally Spain was allowed to steal all the gold from their colonies,

but one does wonder why Spain is asking for the treasure back when they had 200 years to salvage it themselves but didn't bother...