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Mexico recovers missing manuscripts from 16th century sold at auction
Earlier DU thread: Amateur sleuths traced stolen Cortes papers to U.S. auctions. Mexico wants them back
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Source: Reuters
Mexico recovers missing manuscripts from 16th century sold at auction (Reuters)
Raul Cortes
Thu, September 23, 2021, 8:27 PM·1 min read
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's foreign ministry said on Thursday it had recovered valuable manuscripts from the 16th century, including some relating to conquistador Hernan Cortes, months after a group of academics reported them missing from Mexico's national archives.
In apparently systematic fashion, 10 documents were stolen over several years from a collection dedicated to Cortes and later put up for sale in international auction houses including Swann, Bonhams and Christie's, the academic investigators said.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter that the documents had been recovered by U.S. investigators and the office of the attorney general of New York.
"Today the documents were handed over to the foreign ministry and taken into the custody of our consulate to be transported to Mexico City," Ebrard wrote, after noting that the documents had been sold illegally.
Among the recovered manuscripts is a document from 1521 that reveals political intrigue involving Cortes, who led the Spanish army that with its local allies overthrew the Aztec Empire.
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Raul Cortes
Thu, September 23, 2021, 8:27 PM·1 min read
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's foreign ministry said on Thursday it had recovered valuable manuscripts from the 16th century, including some relating to conquistador Hernan Cortes, months after a group of academics reported them missing from Mexico's national archives.
In apparently systematic fashion, 10 documents were stolen over several years from a collection dedicated to Cortes and later put up for sale in international auction houses including Swann, Bonhams and Christie's, the academic investigators said.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter that the documents had been recovered by U.S. investigators and the office of the attorney general of New York.
"Today the documents were handed over to the foreign ministry and taken into the custody of our consulate to be transported to Mexico City," Ebrard wrote, after noting that the documents had been sold illegally.
Among the recovered manuscripts is a document from 1521 that reveals political intrigue involving Cortes, who led the Spanish army that with its local allies overthrew the Aztec Empire.
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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-recovers-missing-manuscripts-16th-002725273.html
Alternate Reuters link: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/mexico-recovers-missing-manuscripts-16th-century-sold-auction-2021-09-24/
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Not only is it RUDE and shabby to try to profit from something personally which is not yours by stealing, it's also something which should embarrass anyone known to try to buy it.
You can't really be a respected citizen as either end of such a nasty transaction. Everyone involved should be pilloried at the center of Mexico City, El Zócalo.
El Zócalo