Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A halin yanzu, an mayar da sarki Ferdinand VII na Spain zuwa mulki kuma ya aika da babbar runduna don murkushe 'yan tawaye da sake dawo da yankunan da aka rasa. Sojojin ƙasar Spain da Janar Pablo Morillo ya ja-goranci sun yi yaƙi mai nasara
wanda ya kai ga kama Santafé a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 1816. Da yake tsoron sojojin Morillo, Torres ya gudu zuwa ƙaramin garin El Pital, kusa da Neiva. Daga nan sai ya yi ƙoƙarin tserewa daga ƙasar ta hanyar shiga jirgi zuwa Argentina a tashar Buenaventura, amma sojojin Juan Sámano suka kama shi bayan jirgin ya tashi ba tare da shi da wasu a watan Yuli, 1816. An tura shi zuwa Santafé, inda aka kashe shi ta hanyar harbe-harbe saboda cin amanar sarautar Spain a ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 1816.