Crowds in Guanajuato gathered to welcome 31 mummies that had been rented in 2009 for exhibition in the United States. This caused something of a local scandal, questions being raised about who authorized this and where rent money went. Municipal authorities promised never to rent mummies again. In hilly Guanajuato, the dead often are interred in above-ground crypts. Rent is charged, and, if not paid, cadavers can be removed after seven years. Many bodies mummify in the dry climate and these often are placed on exhibit in the Guanajuato Mummy Museum, a major local tourist attraction.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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