Noche Triste”, (the official name of the battle, reveals the origin of whom wrote it, it was sad for the spaniards, not for the mexicas) It is surprising to find today, how the dominant culture through the SEP,[1] maintains the concept of "The battle of la Noche Triste", on official text books and confirms that the mexican State is eminently hispanic and colonial. The official history lies and is biased. It deforms and colonizes mexican children through their teachers and textbooks.
"The defeat had extermination proportions: although Cortés tried to reduce to 150 dead Spaniards, Bernal Díaz mentions 870, that is, the vast majority, as well as the allied indians. Victory was overwhelming for mexicans even from the spanish point of view and, as always, only through divine assistance it can be explained not having been completely wiped out. With a little more skepticism to accept supra natural allies, could ask ourselves: why were they not completely wiped out?". (Jose Luis Guerrero. 1990).
The "true history" is that Ixtlilxóchitl, son of Netzahualpilli and grandson of Netzahualcoyotl was stripped of the Texcoco Lordship in 1516 by Moctezuma II, who imposed his nephew Cacamatzin, son of his sister, one of hundreds of wives Netzahualpilli had. This imposition angered Ixtlilxóchitl who was then ready for war. When Cortés arrived, he immediately took sides with Moctezuma foes and brought with him three hundred thousand warriors. Cortés used Ixtlilxóchitl throughout the armed conflict, and Cortes and hispanic historians have denied Ixtlilxóchitl the glory of the deeds of arms, and assigned this to Cortes and his filibusters.[2]
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- ↑ SEP, Public Education Secretary, Mexico
- ↑ A filibuster, or freebooter, is someone who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country to foment or support a revolution. The term is usually used to describe United States citizens who attempted to foment insurrections in Latin America in the mid-19th century.
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