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The Las Calans were the last major Mesoamerican entity still able to go toe-to-toe with the Aztecs, and they were surrounded.

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“They were the holdouts, the last remaining major entity in Mesoamerica, which were still able to go toe-to-toe with the Aztecs. They've been completely surrounded.”
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