In one of their raids, copies of the ``New Laws'' promulgated by the King of Spain in 1544 were found. In an effort to right the
abuses of the conquerors the King offered a new program, and on this basis Manco II sent one of the renegade Spaniards,
Gomez Perez, out of Vilcabamba to negotiate with the viceroy, Blasco Nuñez Vela. The civil wars were still at their height, and
Nuñez Vela was deposed before negotiations were brought to a successful conclusion. Shortly afterward, the Spaniards living
with Manco II fell into dispute with him, struck and killed him, and were in turn slaughtered.