Cortez used the attack on the coastal Spaniards as a pretext to enter Moctezuma II’s palace and place him in Spanish custody, threatening violence if he did not comply.

“Cortes sees this as his pretext. He marches into the palace of Moctezuma II,”

“the Aztec Huey Latawani, tells him that for his own safety he was now being taken under the protective custody of the Spanish and he should come with him or else there will be violence.”