fertile soil and location. The Spanish conquistadors Pedro de Alvarado and BernardinoVázquezdeTapia reached Chalco in the fall of 1519. The Chalca allied
Moctezuma II. The first Spaniards to arrive in Tetela were BernardinoVázquezdeTapia and Pedro de Alvarado in 1519. After the fall of Tenochtitlán Cortés
shorelines. However, the decision was Cortés's alone. According to BernardinoVázquezdeTapia, Cortés's reason was cultural. Leaving the site as it was would