Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta hanyar yakin basasa tsakanin ƙungiyoyin tarayya da na tsakiya, da kuma rikice-rikice da yaƙe-yaƙe da biranen Royalist, lardunan sun kasance cikin mawuyacin hali tun daga ƙarshen 1814. Wannan ya kara da gaskiyar cewa mutane da yawa a cikin lardunan da suka sami 'yanci kwanan nan ba su taɓa ƙin amincewa da ikon Ferdinand VII a matsayin sarki mai mulki ba, kuma duk da yunkurin samun' yancin kai, rayuwar siyasa da al'adu a lardunan ba ta canzawa ba kuma har yanzu suna ƙarƙashin tasirin Spain. Bugu da ƙari, cocin Katolika ya fi tsayayya da 'yancin kai. A tsakiyar 1815, wani babban rundunar 'yan gudun hijirar Spain
A karkashin Pablo Morillo ya isa New Granada, wanda ya karfafa ci gaba da mulkin mallaka da Santa Marta ya yi. Morillo ya kewaye Cartagena a watan Agusta kuma a ƙarshe ya faɗi watanni biyar bayan haka a watan Disamba tare da birnin yana fama da yawan fararen hula da suka mutu saboda yunwa da cuta. A ranar 6 ga Mayu, 1816, Morillo da masarauta daga kudu sun ci Bogotá, kuma ta haka ne suka mayar da duk New Granada ga ikon masarauta, wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa watan Agusta 1819, lokacin da sojojin da ke ƙarƙashin jagorancin Simón Bolívar suka sake karɓar tsakiyar yankin.