Moctezuma II was deposed by his own people, who believed he had betrayed them; Cortés was not the one who removed him.

“essentially willingly Cortez's puppet he was always trying to do what Cortez wanted in a way that would still be beneficial for his people but would not rock the boat so much in terms of Cortez's authority in the end it wasn't Cortez who disposed of it was his own people because they realized that he had sold them out and and he had to go his being”

“unilaterally deposed, that had never happened before in Aztec history.”