Mexico's federal archaeology agency, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), has brought attention to the mistreatment of a mummified 19th-century body in the city of Guanajuato. The incident occurred during recent renovations at a museum where the mummified bodies are displayed, resulting in the detachment of an arm from one of the mummies.
The mummified bodies, dating back to the early 1800s and unearthed in the 1860s due to families' inability to pay burial fees, have been showcased in glass cases at a museum in Guanajuato for several years. The INAH has asserted its jurisdiction over the mummies, considering them as 'national patrimony,' while Guanajuato views them as a tourist attraction.
