While governing Hispaniola, he tortured and mutilated natives who didn't bring him enough gold and sold girls as young as nine into  sexual slavery, and he was brutal even to the other  colonists he ruled, to the point that he was removed  from power and thrown in jail.
În timp ce conducea Hispaniola, a torturat și mutilat băștinașii fiindcă nu-i aduceau suficient aur şi a vândut fetițe ca slave sexuale. Era dur chiar şi cu propriii coloniști, așa că a fost înlăturat de la putere  și întemnițat.