when zugastegui's words were reported to the "alcalde" (chief justice) of the "real audiencia", he asked the guardian of the convent of san francisco to have him confined while he prepared a report of the incident. the finalized report simply mentioned the imprudence on zugastegui's part. with the growing crisis of the government in spain, the friar was forgotten by the government, and he was soon allowed to the leave the friary again, with the goal of assisting the dying. after the military coup which deposed iturrigaray, new comments made by zugastegui criticizing the new viceroy, pedro de garibay, however, soon brought him back to the attention of the "audiencia". his accuser claimed that the friar was involved in plans by french forces to overthrow the spanish government in new spain.