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1538 - The Spanish fight for Cuzco Almagro and Francisco Pizarro were soon in negotiations over the fate of Cuzco and the captured Pizarro brothers. Gonzalo escaped from captivity and Hernando was released during the course of the negotiations. Both rejoined their brother, Francisco, in Lima and Hernando was soon leading a force of Spaniards back towards Cuzco. Hernando's forces were ultimately victorious over Almagro's and the city of Cuzco was once again controlled by the Pizarros. Rodrigo Orgóñez, Almagro's chief commander, was beheaded and his head exposed in Cuzco for weeks as a warning to other would-be rebels. Almagro, the 63 year old marshal who had lead the initial conquest of Peru with Francisco Pizarro and survived the hardships of the Chilean campaigns, was subjected to a trial and subsequently garroted. There was outrage throughout the Indies and Hernando was forced to return to Spain to explain his actions personally to the King. He was imprisoned at Medina del Campo for the next 22 years and never returned to Peru. |
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