FranciscoPizarrowasaSpanishconquistadorwhodestroyedtheIncaEmpireinthecourseofhisconquestofPeru.
In1532,Pizarroandhisforceofjust170soldiersarrivedatCajamarca,andfoundPeruundertheIncaemperorAtahualpa,whocommandedanarmyof80000men.Viciousandgreedy,Pizarroandhismenatfirstpretendedfriendship,trickedAtahualpaintomeetingwiththem,andthenkidnappedhimandmassacredhisunarmedfollowers.TheransompaidbytheIncastoreleasetheiremperorwasfillingaroomthatmeasured22by17feetwithgold,andtwowithsilver.TheSpaniardstooktheransom,andthengetreadytoburnAtahualpaatthestakeuntilhemadealast-minuteconversiontoChristianity,whichpromptedthemtoshow"mercy":theyhangedhiminstead.
弗朗西斯科.皮札羅是西班牙殖民先鋒,征服秘魯時,摧毀了印加帝國。
一五三二年,皮札羅領兵不過一百七十人,來到卡哈馬卡,當時統治秘魯的印加國王阿塔瓦爾帕有軍隊八萬人。皮札羅和手下羊狠狼貪,最初裝作友好,騙阿塔瓦爾帕前來會面,然後綁架了他,又屠殺了他沒帶武器的隨從。印加人為求國王獲釋,繳付贖金,以黃金堆滿一個二十二乘十七英尺的房間,又以白銀堆滿兩個房間。那些西班牙人取得贖金之後,就準備把阿塔瓦爾帕綁在柱上燒死,到阿塔瓦爾帕最後一刻改信基督教,他們才「大發慈悲」:把他吊死算了。