Chorti

The Chʼortiʼ were a Maya people of the mountainous borderlands of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Their ancient center at Copán had been abandoned early in the tenth century.

In 1526 Spanish captains sent by Pedro de Alvarado invaded Chiquimula. Local people rebelled against Spanish demands, but their revolt was crushed in 1530. Jorge de Bocanegra campaigned there in 1531–1532. The Spanish also destroyed Las Mataras, the original site of Tejutla, and Chʼortiʼ communities came under the colonial governments of Guatemala and Honduras.