As President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s social networks can be expected to have a large following, who remain alert to any announcement he makes.

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However, the president left everyone speechless by posting on his Twitter account the eerie photo of a creature called “Aluxe,” a kind of bright-eyed elf.

The tweet was also accompanied by an image of Yucatecan-Mayan sculptures from an archaeological site, along with the description:

“I’m sharing two photos from our oversight of the Maya train works: one taken three days ago by an engineer, apparently from an aluxe; another, by Diego Prieto of a beautiful pre-Hispanic sculpture at Ek Balam. Everything is mystical,” said the representative of the Mexican executive.

What is the ‘Aluxe’ the President of Mexico is talking about?

It is known that the beliefs of the Maya spread throughout Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, part of Honduras and El Salvador, this distinguished their culture from that of other indigenous civilizations such as the Incas of Peru or the Aztecs.

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This is how the name ‘Aluxe’ came about, a spirit of the forest who is generally invisible but can appear to humans at will, as noted by Daily Mail.

What is certain is that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s publication had an impact on his nine million followers, who immediately began commenting on his Twitter account.

Some users of this platform indicated that the photo was old, especially as of February 5, 2021, while others strongly criticized it.