original_query: What was the purpose of the Mexican Inquisition?
query: What was the purpose of the Mexican Inquisition?
answer: The Mexican Inquisition, an extension of the Spanish Inquisition, aimed to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in New Spain.  It prosecuted individuals for crimes against the faith, including practicing Judaism secretly ('crypto-Jews'), witchcraft, blasphemy, and heresy. While initially focused on non-Indigenous populations, its later activities encompassed Indigenous peoples as well, although less intensely than its European counterpart.