the jailer (alcaide, in Spanish), a municipal position (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
teilpil callapixqui. alcaide de carcel. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 94v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.