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Governor Diego Velazquez sends Panifilo de Narvaez from Cuba to arrest Cortés. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
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Cortés marches out of Tenochtilan and defeats the Narvaez expedition. Narváez is taken prisoner and his defeated soldiers join Cortés' cause. (Alamy Images) Image Courtesy of Alamy Images
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In Cortés' absence from Tenochtilan, Pedro de Alvarado orders the slaughter of unarmed Mexica nobles who are celebrating the Festival of Toxcatl. Post-Conquest Nahua Painting, c. 1560. (CSU Bakersfield Library)
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