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Mexico Demands France Return Codex Azcatitlan, Macron Urged

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 2:55 AM UTC · How we work

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Mexico displays the 16th-century Codex Azcatitlan at the National Museum of Anthropology, on loan from France.
Indigenous activist Emilia Mendoza of the Hnahnu community called the exhibition a “battle won” for restitution.
President Claudia Sheinbaum urged French President Emmanuel Macron to return the Codex Azcatitlan and Codex Borbonicus.
France maintains ownership claims over both codices despite Mexico’s push to repatriate colonial-era cultural objects.

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Mexico displays the 16th-century Codex Azcatitlan at the National Museum of Anthropology, on loan from France.
Indigenous activist Emilia Mendoza of the Hnahnu community called the exhibition a “battle won” for restitution.
President Claudia Sheinbaum urged French President Emmanuel Macron to return the Codex Azcatitlan and Codex Borbonicus.
France maintains ownership claims over both codices despite Mexico’s push to repatriate colonial-era cultural objects.