<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuhambela kweSpain kohambo lukaChristopher Columbus oluya eMelika, abaseSpain bathumela amaqembu amaningi kule ndawo, futhi baqala ukunqoba kwabo indawo yamaMaya ngo-1523. Ngemva nje kokunqoba uMbuso Wama-Aztec, umnqobi waseSpain uPedro de Alvarado waqala ukunqoba ingxenye esenyakatho yeMelika Ephakathi  <response>: ngenxa yoMbuso WaseSpain. Kusukela ekufikeni kwakhe eSoconusco ngo - 1523, amabutho ka - Alvarado anqoba futhi anqoba iningi lemibuso emikhulu yamaMaya, kuhlanganise neKiche, iTzutujil, iPipil neKaqchikel. Ngo - 1528, ukunqotshwa kweGuatemala kwase kucishe kuphelele, kwase kusele iPetén Basin kuphela eyayingaphandle kwendawo yethonya laseSpain. Imibuso yamaMaya yokugcina eyayizimele - iKowoj nabantu bakwa - Itza - yagcina inqotshwe ngo - 1697, njengengxenye yokunqotshwa kwePetén yiSpain. 