Mexico apologizes to indigenous Maya for centuries of abuse 04 May 2021 / 08:40 H. Handout picture released by the Mexican Presidency showing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (R), his Guatemalan counterpart Alejandro Giammattei (C) and his Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero (L) during the Appeal for Forgiveness for Grievances to the Mayan People ceremony, in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on May 3, 2021. -AFP PHOTO / MEXICO’S PRESIDENCY
MEXICO CITY: Mexico s government offered an official apology on Monday to the indigenous Maya people for the terrible abuses committed against them in the centuries since the Spanish conquest.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presented the apology as part of a series of events this year marking the 500th anniversary of the conquest and the bicentennial of Mexican independence.
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Alonso Ancira, chairman of the board at Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA), was detained in Spain in 2019 as the Mexican government probed allegations of corruption within state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
Interior Minister Olga Sanchez said on Wednesday morning he was being extradited from Spain, and two Mexican officials familiar with the matter later said the plane transporting him had landed in Mexico City in the afternoon.
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