"The conquest was made through innumerable crimes and abuses," says the letter in which AMLO asks the King of Spain to apologize to Mexico.

The Mexican newspaper Reform disclosed the letter that the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has addressed the current King of Spain, Felipe VI, in which he had asked to apologize on behalf of his country for the abuses "violent and painful "committed during the conquest of Hernán Cortés.

As part of the commemoration of the half millennium since the arrival of Hernán Cortés on the present territory of the Mexican Republic; the fall of the Tenochtitlan empire and the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the independence of Mexico, López Obrador suggested to the Spanish monarch who forgiveness has been manifested at a public and official ceremony.

"We are, therefore, in a period when it is inevitable to reflect on the facts that have decisively marked the history of our nations and that they still generate fierce controversy on both sides of the ocean", said the Mexican president in the document.

The text was published by the Mexican media, it is aonly manifested in conjunction with the Spanish monarchy, could "provide future generations from both shores of the Atlantic, the channels of a closer, more fluid and more fraternal coexistence"

The fact acquired a great national transcendence after the president confirmed the sending of the letter that he had addressed to the chief of the crown and to Pope Francis, but with other foundations.

In the document, the President explained that the turn led by Cortés This was a fundamental event in the history of the country, but it does not exclude that it was a "violent, painful and transgressive" act.

He added that: "The conquest was carried out through innumerable crimes and abuses; This is confirmed by the charges brought by the Spanish court against Cortes himself in the residential trials to which he was subjected. "

One of the most representative moments of the conquest of Cortes was the imprisonment and murder of Emperor Cuauhtémoc, Last tlatoani-Tenochtitlan of Mexico.

The answer of the king of Spain

The letter was revealed 24 hours after the President of the Republic confirmed that he had submitted his application to the Spanish crown and that the Spanish government rejected "with all the firmness" the demands of the president.

In a statement, Felipe VI explained that after 500 years "can not be considered in the light of contemporary considerations"The arrival of the Spaniards on the current territory of Mexico.

"Our people have always been able to read our common past without anger and with a constructive perspectiveas free peoples with a common heritage and extraordinary projection, "he said.

The Spanish Government also reiterated its willingness to work "jointly with the Mexican Government and continue to build the appropriate framework to intensify friendly relations and cooperation between our two countries, which allows us to face a common vision of the challenges ahead. "