It is said that Moquihuix, a ruler from Tlatelolco was looking for allies from "within and beyond the Valley of Mexico" (Isaac 2005, 3). Moquihuix believed it was wise to ask help from Chalco and sent four ambassadors to hopefully make an alliance. Sadly, Chalco wanted no part in helping Tlatelolco and took the ambassadors prisoners. The Chalco people bound and gagged the ambassadors and were quickly brought to King Axayaxatzin where they were promptly hung in front of the king. After their deaths, King Axayaxatzin declared that the bodies be taken down, bathed and boiled to be served in a banquet to the Moquihuix and other notables in Tlatelolca. Little to Moquihuix and the other dignitaries knowledge, Tenochcas served them the very ambassadors they sent out looking for allies. After discovering the horrifying fact that Moquihuix ate the very people he sent out, he declares war. A war between Tlatelolca and the Tenochcas lasted five years. In the second story, the Aztec people used cannibalism as a tactic to provoke and humiliate their political
It is said that Moquihuix, a ruler from Tlatelolco was looking for allies from "within and beyond the Valley of Mexico" (Isaac 2005, 3). Moquihuix believed it was wise to ask help from Chalco and sent four ambassadors to hopefully make an alliance. Sadly, Chalco wanted no part in helping Tlatelolco and took the ambassadors prisoners. The Chalco people bound and gagged the ambassadors and were quickly brought to King Axayaxatzin where they were promptly hung in front of the king. After their deaths, King Axayaxatzin declared that the bodies be taken down, bathed and boiled to be served in a banquet to the Moquihuix and other notables in Tlatelolca. Little to Moquihuix and the other dignitaries knowledge, Tenochcas served them the very ambassadors they sent out looking for allies. After discovering the horrifying fact that Moquihuix ate the very people he sent out, he declares war. A war between Tlatelolca and the Tenochcas lasted five years. In the second story, the Aztec people used cannibalism as a tactic to provoke and humiliate their political