U.S. Forfeits and Returns to Mexico Stolen Manuscript

On February 24, 1999, the U.S. Government announced it obtained an order for the forfeiture of an 18th-century manuscript that had been previously in the Sotheby’s auction house, so that the manuscript can be returned to the Mexican National Archives. The order represents success in implementing the bilateral agreement on the recovery and return of stolen cultural property... [more]