With the meat consumed by the fire: this was the torture of Cuauhtémoc, the last Mexican tlatoani

Like a melting candle, the flesh and bones of Cuauhtémoc, the last Mexican tlatoani, was consumed under the fire of torture to which Julián de Alderete, one of the men in charge of the conqueror Hernán Cortés, subjected him.

This sentence from “Am I in a bed of roses?” it’s just part of a myth, but the torture was real. For hours, the last Mexica chef stoically endured the “Soft fire”, a torment technique which –agree with Enrique Ortiz García, history broadcaster- consists of spread butter on the skin then expose it to fire, producing deep and painful burns.

The suffering continued like this for hours, as the muscles and bones were lost as the body fat drained out, much like the candle wax.

Julian from Alderete, treasurer of Cuts, He directed the torture on Cuauhtemoc, with the goal of the Mexican leader revealing the whereabouts of the gold (the great treasure that the Spaniards believed was hidden somewhere in Tenochtitlan).

There is an idea that while you were subjected to these burns, one of Cuauhtémoc’s relatives complained and the tlatoani replied “Am I in a bed of roses?”, however, according to Enrique Ortiz Garcia, It was not true.

This sentence actually belongs to a century very distant from the time when this event occurred, that is to say the XIX. This expression was first attributed to Cuauhtémoc in a book by historian Eligio Ancona from 1870.

What is certain is that once the torture is over, Cuauhtémoc’s health was compromisedbecause it was difficult for him to walk and had to be transported on litter, a platform supported by two horizontal bars it was worn by other people.

The days of Cuauhtémoc, whose name means descending eagle The setting sun. It was the antechamber of the end for the man born around 1500 and that with only 21 years he became the sovereign of Mexica, already when the invasion of the Spanish conquerors ravaged Tenochtitlan; the tlatoani what attended the Calm, school of instruction of the nobles, and then completed his studies at the Tepochcalli.

And it is that on February 28, 1525, after this infamous torture, Cuauhtémoc was killed during the expedition to Las Hibueras organized by Hernán Cortés.

According to information from Enrique Ortiz, that year Cuauhtémoc was making a conspiracy of native rebellion against the Spanish conqueror, who would begin with the assassination of Cuts and would lead to the exile of the colonizers.

Cuauhtémoc had been in charge of Mexica after Moctezuma’s death, but once Cuts he discovered the plans, without any legal proceedings, he decided to execute Cuauhtémoc. For the conqueror, the leader was still an important and authoritative figure among the people of Mexico-Tenochtitlan.

Cuauhtémoc was hanged in a pocket tree on February 28, 1525.

Almost 500 years after his death, his heritage is that of a person who gave his life to defend Mexican autonomy and who represents the resistance of the indigenous world.

In fact, the name of the tlatoani was used by Ortiz to break into Twitter. And it is that the author of The Eagles of Tenochtitlán, personified in 2012 at tlatoani In a story from the social network that bore his name, he mentions that during those years he stories of historical figures have appeared Mexicans love Porfirio Diaz.

After a while, the subject of the tweet from the point of view of Cuauhtemoc so he converted his account from Twitter in a space of dissemination of the history of Mexico, you currently have two accounts: @ Cuauhtemoc_1521 Yes @ Tlahtoani_1521, in both publishes data on Mexican characters.

So far, around five centuries after Cuahtémoc’s death, it is still unclear where his remains were.

The September 26, 1949 Mexican archaeologist Eulalia Guzman publicly declared to have discovered in the municipality of Ixcateopan, Guerrero leftover tlatoani mexica Cuauhtemoc.

However, according to information from Enrique Ortiz, The DNA studies which were applied to these remains did not give results which would indicate that the said bones really belonged to the tlatoani mexica.

The race of Eulalia As an archaeologist, teacher and educator, she was somehow questioned and invalidated after this controversial find, but the residents of said municipality Aboriginal dances in commemoration of this discovery.

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