Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pamberi pokutanga kwekukunda kweSpain kweGuatemala
muna 1520, vagari veQʼeqchiʼ vakanga vakaungana munharaunda yava kunzi Alta Verapaz neBaja Verapaz. Mumazana emakore akatevera, kuwanda kwekudzingwa kwevanhu, kugarazve, kutambudzwa uye kutama kwakaita kuti vanhu vechiQ'eqchi' vapararire munzvimbo dzakasiyana dzeGuatemala (Izabal, Petén, El Quiché), kumaodzanyemba kweBelize (Dunhu reToledo), uye vashoma kumaodzanyemba kweMexico (Chiapas, Campeche). Kunyange zvazvo vari kunyanya kuwanikwa kuchamhembe kweAlta Verapaz uye kumaodzanyemba kwePetén, vanhu vanotaura mutauro weQʼeqchiʼ mazuva ano ndivo vakapararira kupfuura vamwe vanhu vose vechiMaya muGuatemala.