It is located in the Colonia Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro districts in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, to the northwest of the city center.

He was the tenth, and penultimate, Aztec emperor and the one who defeated Hernán Cortés in the Battle of La Noche Triste ("Sad Night") in 1520.

The station pictogram depicts an Aztec battle shield.

[2][3] The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.

The station serves the Popotla and San Álvaro neighborhoods.