 Viceroy Fernández de Castro sent an expedition of 18 ships and nearly 3,000 troops, but it arrived in Panama too late—Morgan had already evacuated the city.Later in 1670 rumors of a foreign invasion prompted the viceroy to order all Pacific ports to be put in a thorough state of preparedness.Viceroy Fernández de Castro died in Lima after a short illness on December 6, 1672, still in office.