March 26 (UPI) -- The Spanish government has "rejected with all firmness" a request for an apology from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for an invasion 500 years ago.
Lopez Obrador appealed Monday for an apology from Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis for the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1521. The Mexican president said many misdeeds were committed during the crusade, and that an apology was needed to reconcile.