With it he hoped to link the upcoming Mexican Empire with the old Aztec one .
In the place of the Spanish emblem for Mexico , he resurrected the old Tenochtitlan symbol for Mexico City , an eagle perched on a nopal cactus holding a snake in its beak .
With Mexico he hoped to link the upcoming Mexican Empire with the old Aztec one .
In the place of the Spanish emblem for Mexico , he resurrected the old Tenochtitlan symbol for Mexico City , an eagle perched on a nopal cactus holding a snake in its beak .