He first arrived in Santo Domingo in 1517,[REF] sent there by Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros to assist the friars of the Order of Jerome in the resolution of political problems in the Indies.
From Santo Domingo, Diego Columbus sent Zuazo to Cuba, as a juez de residencia (judge in a grievance case) in the case of Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, governor of Cuba (1521-22) [REF].