following feminist demonstrations against gender-based violence and feminicides, the monument was affected due to acts of vandalism and graffiti. The Government of Mexico City closed access for an indefinite period; but it is estimated that it could be between one and two years. However, the capital government declared justifying that the closure is due to the restoration, within the framework of a work program in Paseo de la Reforma that involves several more monuments. The restorations concluded in October 2021. Mausoleum In 1925, during the administration of Plutarco Elías Calles, the remains of the following Heroes of the Mexican Independence were interred in a mausoleum under the base of the monument. At the entry to the mausoleum is a statue of William Lamport, also known as Don Guillén de Lampart y Guzmán, an Irishman who was tried by the Mexican Inquisition in the mid seventeenth century, following the discovery of his plot to achieve the independence of New Spain. He was released by the inquisition to secular authorities and executed in the auto de fe of 1659, with his remains forbidden burial in sacred ground. The actual remains of insurgents are buried in the mausoleum: Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla: Chief instigator of independence in 1810 and "Father of the Nation". Father José María Morelos y Pavón: Skilled general and leader of the independence movement after Hidalgo's execution. Ignacio Allende: Lieutenant general of the insurgent army and later rebel leader. Juan Aldama: A rebel captain and conspirator. José Mariano Jiménez: Hidalgo's lieutenant colonel. Guadalupe Victoria: Commander of the insurgent army and first President of Mexico. Vicente Guerrero: Insurgent general following the death of Morelos and second President of Mexico. Nicolás Bravo: Commander of the rebel army and later President of Mexico on three occasions. Mariano Matamoros: A priest who served as Morelos's lieutenant general. Andrés Quintana Roo: A prominent constitutionalist. Leona Vicario: Active supporter of the rebel movement and wife of Andrés Quintana Roo. Francisco Javier Mina (Xavier Mina): A Spanish officer who joined the rebel cause against the absolute monarchy of Ferdinand VII. Pedro Moreno: Insurgente Víctor Rosales: Insurgente Absent from the mausoleum is Agustín de Iturbide, who achieved Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821; his remains are in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City. President Calles excluded Iturbide when other insurgents' remains were transferred to the mausoleum in 1925. More than 60 years after the mausoleum was erected,