The actual sculpture dates back to 1910, when it was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mexico’s Independence Day. It stands on a roundabout in Mexico City, where it attracts ...

MY earliest political memory is of an elementary-school trip five decades ago to the Angel of Independence, the golden winged statue atop a soaring marble column in the heart of Mexico City, where ...

The remains, deposited in crypts under the landmark Angel of Independence statue in 1925, were removed Sunday morning by gloved soldiers carrying five ornate gold and wooden boxes.