The Spanish government rejects the letter "firmly" from AMLO to the king in which he asked for an apology for the abuses committed during the conquest

The The Spanish government regrets deeply that the public has been made public letter that the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, He led King Felipe VI March 1, which we reject the content "with all the firmness".

In a note sent to the news agency Efe, the government estimates that "the arrival, five hundred years ago, of the Spaniards on the current Mexican lands can not be judged in the light of contemporary considerations"

He adds that "our brothers and sisters have always been able to read our shared past without anger and with a constructive perspective, as free peoples with a common heritage and an extraordinary projection ".

Similarly, the Spanish Government "reiterates its desire to work jointly with the Government of Mexico and to continue to build the appropriate framework to intensify the friendly and cooperative relations between our two countries, which allows us to face future challenges with a common vision ".

The Spanish executive responds to the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who revealed Monday that he had asked for a letter to King Philip VI and Pope Francis apologize for the abuses committed by the Spaniards during the conquest of Mexico today.

After five centuries of Spanish conquest in Mexico, the Mexican president felt that the wounds are still openHe sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which he made his request.

"I have already sent a letter to the King of Spain and another to the Pope for that a statement of objections is made and apologize to indigenous peoples for the violations of what is now called human rights, "he said in a video posted on social networks.

López Obrador revealed the contents of the letter in the state of Tabasco, where he commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Centla, during which the Mayan Front Indians were defeated by Hernán Cortés' troops.

The president declared that the conquest "was made with the sword and the cross" and he repeated that there were "mbadacres", "impositions" and "churches built on top of pre-Hispanic temples ".

"It is time to say that we are going to be reconciled but ask for forgiveness first," said the Mexican president.

For the Mexican President, excuses are an important part of a new beginning in relationships or conclusion of historical debts. In three months in office, he has apologized on behalf of the Mexican government to the victims of violence in previous administrations.