Call to Send Cortés Remains to Spain Stirs Debate
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Figures from 4Q ask Spain to take the remains of Hernán Cortés.
In the midst of the apparent normalization of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Spain, the remains of the conqueror Hernán Cortés revive the historical controversy in which both countries have been involved since 2019.
Mexican writer Pedro Miguel announced on social networks that he will deliver a letter to the head of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Joel Omar Vázquez, in which he asks to exhume the remains of Hernán Cortés and hand them over to the Spanish authorities. To date the remains are found in a niche inside the Temple of Jesús Nazareno, on the street of República del Salvador 119, in the Historic Center of Mexico City.
Mexico City.- The journalist and writer, like Morena, Epigmenio Ibarra spoke in favor of exhuming the remains of Hernán Cortés and moving them to Spain, qualifying the conqueror as “one of the greatest killers of cultures” in the history of the country. The position arises before the visit to Mexico of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, president of the Community of Madrid, who plans to participate in a tribute to Cortés. Through his account in X, Ibarra shared…
The writer Pedro Miguel sent a letter to the head of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) requesting the exhumation and transfer to Spain of the remains of Hernán Cortés, currently housed in the Church of Jesus of Nazareth. The document, dated May 3, 2026, and addressed to INAH's Director General, Joel Omar Vázquez Herrera, proposes that the conquistador's remains be handed over to the Spanish government. The request states …
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