Ka kammala wannan jumla: A wannan lokacin, an mayar da Sarki Ferdinand na bakwai na Spain a kan karagar mulki kuma ya aika da rundunar soja masu yawa don su halaka 'yan tawayen kuma su sake mallakar ƙasashen da suka mallaka. Sojojin Spain, karkashin jagorancin Janar Pablo Morillo sun jagoranci tashin hankali, kuma
nasarar yakin basasa 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.