<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquistador" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Conquistador">Spanish conquistadores</a>, led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuño_de_Guzmán" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nuño de Guzmán">Nuño de Guzmán</a>, overthrow and execute <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangaxuan_II" id="mwQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tangaxuan II">Tangaxuan II</a>, the last independent monarch of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarascan_state" id="mwQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tarascan state">Tarascan state</a> in present-day central <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" id="mwRA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>.