Kammala wannan jumlar: Mutanen Espanya "conquistador" Pedro de Alvarado ya wuce ta Soconusco tare da karfi mai karfi a 1523, a kan hanyar zuwa
yi nasara da Guatemala. Sojojin Alvarado sun hada da tsoffin sojoji na cin nasarar Aztecs, kuma sun hada da sojan doki da bindigogi; akwai kuma 'yan uwan' yan asalin daga Cholula, Tenochtitlan, Tezcoco, Tlaxcala, da Xochimilco. An karɓi Alvarado cikin salama a Soconusco, kuma mazaunan sun rantse da biyayya ga Sarautar Spain. Sun bayar da rahoton cewa kungiyoyin makwabta a Guatemala suna kai musu hari saboda abokantakarsu ga Mutanen Espanya. Wasikar Alvarado ga Hernán Cortés da ke bayyana yadda ya wuce ta Soconusco ya ɓace, kuma ilimin abubuwan da suka faru a can sun fito ne daga asusun Bernal Díaz del Castillo, wanda ba ya nan, amma ya ba da rahoton Gonzalo de Alvarado. A shekara ta 1524, Alvarado da sojojinsa sun kwantar da hankalin Soconusco gaba ɗaya. A cikin shekaru hamsin masu zuwa, matakan yawan 'yan asalin sun rushe bala'i sakamakon kamuwa da cututtukan Tsohon Duniya, tare da kimanin kashi 90-95%. Duk da wannan, gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta bukaci haraji sau biyu a cikin koko kamar yadda aka biya wa Aztecs kafin mamayewar Mutanen Espanya, kuma koko ya ci gaba da kasancewa muhimmin amfanin gona a duk lokacin mulkin mallaka. Saboda mahimmancin tattalin arziƙin koko ga sabuwar mulkin mallaka, Mutanen Espanya ba sa son ƙaura da mazaunan ƙasar daga lambun kakao da suka kafa. A sakamakon haka, mazaunan Soconusco ba su da wataƙila za a tattara su a cikin sabbin ƙauyukan "reducción", inda dasa sabon amfanin kakao zai ɗauki shekaru biyar don balaga.