sentences:  This came to a head at a gathering in Tota of local "encomenderos" on the occasion of the visit of Royal Audiencia judge ("oidor") Juan de Valcárcel to the region in 1636; Gerónimo de Rojas was ambushed and murdered in nearby Iza by several brothers of de Alarcón.His son, Martín de Rojas y Fonseca, took over the "encomienda" of Firavitoba.Tunja was one of the main centres of a first cycle of gold production in the region, from 1550 to around 1620.