after subduing the matlatzinca population, the conquistadors decided to move the population from the teotenango site to the valley below, establishing the modern town of tenango del valle. next came the establishment of encomiendas, or land grants which gave the spaniards who received them control over the native population. teotenango became the encomienda of juan de burgos and diego rodriguez. atlatlahuaca and xochiaca, other communities in the modern municipality of tenango del valle, were granted to hernando de jerez with zictepec and zepayautla becoming part of the encomienda of tacuba.