MEXICO
CITY.- A historic transaction between the Government of
Yucatán and
businessman Hans Jurgen Thies Barbachano yesterday allowed the State to
buy 83
hectares of land where the archaeological site of Chichen Itza sits for
220
million pesos ($17,800,150 USD). The negotiation, which ended two days
ago with
the signing of an agreement to purchase the land, began more or
less a
year ago between the Governor Ivonne Ortega Pacheco and Hans Jürgen
Thies
Barbachano, the owner, who sought the care and protection of historical
monuments there to remain as heritage of the State of Yucatan.