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Mexico’s Indigenous Purepecha knock down statues of Spanish colonial-era priest

Mexico’s Indigenous Purepecha knock down statues of Spanish colonial-era priest

Activists from Mexico’s Purepecha people used axes and sledgehammers Monday to knock down statues of their ancestors being forced to haul and work stones by a colonial-era Spanish priest. The Purepechas have objected to the statues since they were erected in 1995 in the capital of western Michoacán state, Morelia, and have repeatedly called for … Read more