A stolen 16th-century manuscript signed by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés has been found and returned to the Mexican government, the FBI said Thursday. The rare item offers a glimpse into the ...

This image provided by the FBI shows the front of a letter signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés from Feb. 20, 1527, that was returned to the government of Mexico. - FBI/AP Nearly five ...

The document describes payments made for expedition supplies, and was signed by Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztecs. By Adeel Hassan About 30 years after it was discovered to be missing — and 500 ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The woman long blamed for her role in the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a modern makeover.

The FBI has returned a priceless 16th-century manuscript bearing the signature of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico, officials said Thursday. Archivists at Mexico’s General Archive of the ...

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 page to Mexico on ...