The dance , especially the “ Azteca ” version of it , arrived to the United States in the mid-1970s . Two dancers , Andres Segura and Florencio Yescas were instrumental in creating Conchero/Azteca groups from California to Texas among Mexican American communities . The dance entered the US at a time when many Mexicans and Mexican Americans were taking more militant stances against the status quo , especially after the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre . A number of dance groups decided to banish the Christian aspects of the dance ceremony entirely and elements of “ new age ” philosophy had influence . These became more of a political force than a religious one , seeing the pre Conquest world as idyllic and the current world after that time as corrupted . Most of these dancers call the dance “ Mexica ” ( mex-shi-ca ) or some variant of the word
Tlatelolco massacre
Tlatelolco massacre
Concheros