Rigoberta Menchú Tum, the 66-year-old Guatemalan Indigenous activist who won the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, received a letter of naturalization that officially makes her a Mexican citizen. The document was handed to her on 16 July by Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente during a ceremony at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in Mexico City, acting on behalf of President Claudia Sheinbaum. The Mexican government said the honor recognizes Menchú’s decades-long defense of human rights and Indigenous peoples, as well as her academic contributions in Mexican and international universities. Menchú first took refuge in Mexico in 1981 amid Guatemala’s civil conflict and has since maintained close ties with the country. Naturalization grants Menchú full civic rights in Mexico and strengthens the administration’s public commitment to social justice initiatives. She is expected to continue her advocacy from Mexico, where her Nobel medal and certificate are already on display at the Templo Mayor Museum in the capital.