グァテマラは考古学遺物の密輸出を阻止したい

　そんなわけで米国人を2名ほど逮捕。

BBC Guatemala arrests two in car full of Maya artefacts 15 Nov 2022 By Vanessa Buschschlüter

　166件のうち、90％ほどが本物の見込みとのこと。

「Police in Guatemala have arrested a man and a woman from the United States who were transporting more than 150 Maya artefacts in their car.

An archaeologist said more than 90% of the items were authentic and dated from pre-Hispanic times.」

　この女性は、考古遺物の不適切な所有の廉で拘束されたばかり。グァテマラを去らない条件で釈放されたところ、共謀者ともども早速やらかしたわけで―まあ、もう、逮捕されてしまえと。

「Police said it was the second time the woman, who resides in Guatemala, had been detained in possession of pre-Hispanic treasures.」

「The 49-year-old was charged with "smuggling national treasures" and released on bail on condition that she not leave Guatemala.

She was detained for a second time three days later 45km (28 miles) south-west of Antigua.

The car she and a 62-year-old fellow American where travelling in contained 166 items, most of which are thought to date back to the time of the Maya.」

　最近、関係する南米諸国は考古遺物の規制を強めているのだそうで。このこと自体は歓迎すべきだが、わざわざ殊更にそんなことしなきゃいけないほど密輸出が流行しているのも、まあ、事実なのだろう。

　…私のフィールド（だったとこ）じゃあどうだろうなあ…。

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