 Most of these associates had participated in the government in the proceeding few years while Cortés was in Honduras or Spain, with a lot of in-fighting among themselves and injustices to the population, both Indigenous and Spanish.Cortés himself was still in Spain, where he was defending his conduct and appealing to Charles concerning his loss of authority.Cortés had some success with his appeal, being named Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca and receiving some other honors.