 In the absence or incapacity of Las Casas and Alvarado, Estrada and Albornoz were named as replacements.Orantes entered the city in secret and made contact with members of the opposition.At daybreak on January 28, 1526, Orantes and other opponents of Salazar and Almíndez left the convent where they were staying, marched along the streets shouting "Viva Cortés", arrested Salazar, and succeeded in getting the ayuntamiento to execute the orders of Cortés.