sentences: "Restigouche" and "Kootenay" were purchased by businessmen Carlos Estrabeau and Josefat Cortés, for $160,000 from the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) after the two men were inspired by ARSBC's work with other former Canadian ships off the coast of British Columbia.Supported by their government, controversy arose after an investigation by the Acapulco-based newspaper "La Jornada El Sur" found that $100,000 of the total amount paid for the destroyer escorts had come from a government anti-poverty fund.