however, many of his men then left to join pizarro for peru. on 27 august 1534, he had to abandon his settlement and go to fort paria, where he was imprisoned by de ordas for six months. after his release, he went to puerto rico and gathered a new group of soldiers, this time to go to the mainland in search of el dorado. he never returned to trinidad. he died in 1538, allegedly having been poisoned by a female slave.