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Diego de Almagro

Spanish captain and partner of Pizarro; in Pedro Pizarro's account he pressed for Atahualpa's death.

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Spanish captain and partner of Pizarro; in Pedro Pizarro’s account he pressed for Atahualpa’s death.

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Execution of Atahualpa Jul 1533 pressed for Atahualpa to die, in Pedro Pizarro According to Pedro Pizarro Primary record 1

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Jul 1533 Diego de Almagro intervened in Execution of Atahualpa According to Pedro Pizarro

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Relation of the Discovery and Conquest of the Kingdoms of Peru by Pedro Pizarro, volume 1 (English translation by Philip Ainsworth Means, Cortes Society, 1921), The Cortes Society, New York (scan on the Internet Archive), 1921. Primary record
The officials and Almagro agreed, therefore, that Atabalipa should die, and they settled it among themselves that once he was dead, an end would be made of the proclamation about the treasure.

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