Mexico archaeologists reveal tale of cannibalism and reprisal from conquest

A convoy of Spaniards and allies was ritually sacrificed in 1520 at Tecoaque - the place where they ate them' - before Hernan Cortes wreaked revenge

New research suggests Spanish conquistadores butchered at least a dozen women and their children in an Aztec-allied town where the inhabitants sacrificed and ate a detachment of Spaniards they had captured months earlier.

The National Institute of Anthropology and History published findings on Monday from years of excavation work at the town of Tecoaque, which means the place where they ate them" in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs.