Another senator in the Mexican Congress is calling for the expropriation (taking) of those parts of the archaeological site of Chichen Itza that were not purchased by the state of Yucatan in late March.

Senator Blanca Judith Díaz Delgado yesterday called for INAH, the federal agency that oversees preHispanic ruins in Mexico, to take by expropriation some 500 acres surrounding the central archaeological zone of Chichen Itza. She joins Senator Hugo Laviada Molina of Yucatan who made a similar demand last week.

Both Diaz Delgado and Laviada Molina are members of the PAN party, which apparently is attempting to embarrass the rival PRI party, which currently controls Yucatan state politics and which successfully managed to buy Chichen after INAH failed in its attempt to expropriate Chichen Itza several years ago.

The property surrounding Chichen is currently owned by private individuals and by indigenous people in the area in collectives known as ejidos.

Previously:

Senator Calls for Government to Take Rest of Chichen Itza