Hernan Cortes Case

Hernan Cortes

After evaluating the murder of Moctezuma II, the following conclusions are deducted. The jury ruled that Hernan Cortes was innocent in the charges of premeditated murder out of jealousy of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II. Hernan Cortes was innocent because there was the lack of murder. Without hard evidence connecting him and the Spanish army to the murder. Without the presentation of hard evidence and the extreme ambiguity as to what happened on the day of death of Moctezuma II and the Aztec rebellion it is unfair to consider Hernan Cortes guilty. The prosecutor in his opening statement asserted that it was Hernan Cortes greed for power that resulted to the tragic death of Moctezuma II. The prosecutor referred the power as Moctezuma

The most important point during the trial was omitted, where Hernan Cortes was not in the city the day Moctezuma was stoned to death. Contrary, the Hernan Cortes letters to King James V has a different account for the event. The letter asserted that Moctezuma in the company of his son and chiefs were held in captivity. Moctezuma requested the captain to allow him address his people in the effort of persuading them to stop the fight. As he was standing on the roof to address the crowd, he received a blow of the stone. The lived for three days before dying from the injuries (Cortés, Pagden, and Elliott 154). The letter indicates that the fight escalated each day. It was apparent that Hernan Cortes admitted to being present in the city the day Moctezuma was injuries, and he had order Moctezuma to address the crowd as the captain of the army. Hernan Cortes changed the direction of the story creating suspicion that he was hiding something. Several sources revealed that Hernan Cortes was present at the tragic scene that led to the death of the king of Aztec empire. Hernan Cortes hurried to the capital after Narvaez defeat to assist in the besieged garrison and ordered the king to address warriors in an attempt to cease an assault on Spanish. It appears that Moctezuma got the injuries resulting to his death. Multiple sources indicate that Hernan Cortes was

He argued that Moctezuma petitioned Hernan Cortes to release him with the notion that the release could suppress the rebellion. He stage that Hernan Cortes led the army against the Spanish and understood his motive, but barely knew its impact on king’s life. Cuitlahac continued and argued that Moctezuma did not was not want peace and wanted Spanish to lose their lives during the fight. Moctezuma ruled Aztec empire for a period of 18 year and was considered as the most powerful and civilized Latin American. Therefore, it was hard for him to accept Spanish with all their disrespectful and rude ways. Spanish has insulted Aztec gods and forced Christianity in their society. Therefore, Moctezuma had to trick Hernan Cortes to release the next king of Aztec Empire because there was likelihood that his life was about to end. He has to convince Hernan Cortes release his bother to take charge of the empire and lead people to victory. Cuitlahac stated that Spaniards driven from the metropolis and fortified the city to recruit armies. From the evidence presented by Cuitlahac, it was clear that he rejuvenated the humiliated Aztecs after their leader was held in captivity and slaughtered during the dance ritual calendar (Koestler-Grack and Goetzmann