Claim: Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin,a 16th-century Nahua noble, was taken by Cortes along with many other indigenous rulers in his travel to Honduras, and he was spared from execution when Cuauhtemoc was hanged by Cortés.
Evidence: Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin (or Panitzin) was a 16th-century Nahua noble. Cortés took Huanitzin along with many other indigenous rulers in his travel to Honduras. He was spared from execution when Cuauhtemoc was hanged by Cortés along with Tetlepanquetzatzin, tlatoani of Tlacopan and don Pedro Cohuanacochtzin.