Ka cika wannan jumlar: Mutanen Spain sun soma zuwa Guatemala a shekara ta 1524 sa'ad da suka ci yankin a ƙarƙashin ja-gorancin Pedro de Alvarado. Bayan cin nasara da kuma
zamanin mulkin mallaka, mutane da yawa sun zo ƙasar, ba a matsayin masu cin nasara ba, amma don kasuwanci ko ayyukan yau da kullun. Ofishin jakadancin Mutanen Espanya a Guatemala City ya ba da rahoton wasu Mutanen Espanya 9,311 da ke zaune a Guatemala a shekarar 2014. Baƙi na Turai na farko daga Guatemala 'yan Spain ne waɗanda suka ci mazaunan ƙasar Maya a shekara ta 1524. Sun yi sarauta kusan shekara 300. Ko da yake nasarar da Mutanen Espanya suka yi a Guatemala ya samo asali ne daga ƙwarewarsu a fasaha, mutanen Mutanen Espanya sun sami taimako daga Mayans waɗanda suka riga sun shiga cikin gwagwarmaya ta ciki. Bayan wani lokaci na rashin zaman lafiya na siyasa wanda ya kara da rushewar kasuwar duniya don indigo, babban mai fitarwa a yankin Turai, kowane lardin ya rabu da tarayya, ya fara da Costa Rica. Tarayyar ta rushe tsakanin 1838 da 1840, lokacin da Guatemala ta zama ƙasa mai zaman kanta.