Residents of San Ángel, south of Mexico City, protected 12 mummified bodies from Zapatistas. The mummies were found in a cloister of the Order of the Carmelites.
The viceroyalty building resisted the Reform Laws of 1859, which established the nationalization of ecclesiastical assets. It is due to this resistance that the mummies have been preserved to this day, surrounded by mystery and legends. The El Carmen museum, established in the old cloister, is located in the colonial neighborhood, which has given its name to the neighborhood.