The delegate of National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Yucatan, Arturo Chab Cardenasreported that the agency will file a criminal complaint for the sale of land near the archaeological zone of uxmalwhich has monuments.
The official said that the legal area of the agency is already working on the issue and integrates the file of the property that is offered through social networks, in the group of Facebook denominated Arkas.
This one has vestiges that are property of the nation, so the lawsuit would be once morest the owners of the site.
However, it is sold as a ranch or land that “is located ten minutes from the archaeological zone of Uxmal and has pyramids. Most of the property is flat and the oiled road to the ranch is two kilometers”.
They ask for 18 million pesos for it and it has 18 paddocks, two wells and 75 solar panels, which, according to the seller, make up 249 hectares.
Despite the fact that in the photographs there is a plate with the ascription “Xkipche, University Bonn, Germany, INAH, Inv, Archaeological 1990-1997, 2002-04”, which refers to the name of the area and the timing of any investigation, the owners assure that it is private property.
It should be noted, as perceived, that the structures are abandoned and covered with weeds.
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This property, exhibited Chab Cardenashas more than 18 hectares and within it are the places that belong to the archaeological zone of Xkipche, which, he pointed out, is duly registered in the archaeological atlas of Yucatán.
He added that the National Guard will be notified so that the corporation can carry out the necessary steps to safeguard the national archaeological heritage.
In reference to this, in its article 29, the federal law on monuments and archaeological, artistic and historical zones establishes that movable archaeological monuments may not be transported, exhibited or reproduced without the permission of the INAH.
It also points out that whoever finds archaeological assets must notify the nearest authority.
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