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So how did the Aztecs torture & kill their enemies? So Aztec weaponry was not necessarily designed to be proficient in quickly killing their enemies—rather they were intended to maim their enemies so they could be drug back & used as sacrificial victims. Recent forensic archaeological evidence shows that at-least 550 Spaniard related people were captured, imprisoned, tortured, butchered, boiled, scalped & dismembered over the course of roughly 6 months. And all of this was in retaliation to the