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Trapped in Tenochtitlan, Cortez decided to escape during the event known as La Noche Triste.
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“So now Cortes is trapped in the city, in Tenochtitlan.”
“He determines to break out,”
“and that is, as you say, La Noche Triste,”Play from 16:13Report a misattribution
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