When they arrived, they were captured and two were killed, the other two escaping through the woods. Upon their return to Vera Cruz, the officer in charge was infuriated, and so led troops to storm Almería. Here they learned that Moctezuma was supposedly the one who commanded the officers to be executed.[23] Back in Tenochtitlan, Cortés detained Moctezuma and questioned him endlessly.[24] Though no serious conclusions were made, this started the relationship between Moctezuma and the Spaniards on a bad note.[25]