This image provided by the FBI shows the front of a letter by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés from Feb. 20, 1527, that was returned to the government of Mexico on Aug. 13, 2025, by the FBI. (FBI ...

U.S. investigators located a stolen and nearly 500-year-old document written and signed by conquistador Hernan Cortes and returned it to the Mexican government, the FBI announced on Wednesday. Photo ...

A 16th-century document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés has been found decades after it was stolen from Mexico’s national archives and was repatriated to the country on Aug. 13, the ...

MEXICO CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. FBI said it had on Wednesday returned to Mexico a stolen manuscript dating back five centuries to the Spanish conquest and signed by its leading military ...

Federal authorities in Boston are working to return a manuscript to Mexico that was signed by Conquistador Hernando Cortés nearly 500 years ago and believed to have been stolen three decades ...

In the heart of Mexico City, a crumbling church sits almost unnoticed—except for a small plaque revealing it holds the bones of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who toppled the Aztec Empire ...

Hernán Cortés toppled the Aztecs, winning Mexico for Spain. His trash-strewn resting place reflects how the conquest is still fueling quarrels and testing ties with Spain. A service at the mostly ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nearly five centuries after Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés signed it and decades after someone swiped it from Mexico’s national archives, the FBI returned a priceless manuscript ...

Aug. 13 (UPI) --A stolen manuscript written by notorious Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés in 1527 has been returned to the Mexican government, the FBI announced on Wednesday. The manuscript was ...