Grrl Power VI: Stripping The Hero Doesnt Work

[lord_khaine]

You claimed it would be Sydney's problem that she suddenly couldnt leave. It very much would not be. If the orbs are moved by sufficient force, she is moved with them.

In other words, they would be kidnapping her if they confiscated the orbs.

AND as someone noted, the orbs may well have latched on to Sidney before she had any say in the matter, meaning that for Mexico to keep the orbs, they'd have had to have held Sidney (not a citizen of Mexico) against her will, if they'd found out about the orbs and tried to keep her there when she first found them.

No they would not be kidnapping her. They would be retrieving stolen national treasure.
The law is notoriously uncaring for single individuals at that point.

You dont get to take them back home, if the british crown jewels are accidentially glued to your hand either.
And so it would be Sydney's problem that she had to stay and wait for attempts to "unglue" the orbs.
But thats hardly an issue since there is likely prison time anyway.

Another thing that comes to mind is the proof angle. With shipwrecks we tend to at least have historical records of them existing and ideas of where they likely went down, making it easier to establish ownership or at least whose territorial waters they were found in. Not counting tracking the people doing the looting and where they took their boat since salvage aint exactly a fast process. Here they have no way of establishing they existed in their territory. Unless there is something else there of course.

Yeah as mentioned earlier. This is the thing that saves the situation. That nothing can be proven.
She clearly hid away for quite a while. And she took something that people first now know is valuable.
So clearly for several reasons Rule of Law wont be followed.