Bobadilla breaks open the Santo Domingo fortress gate and takes the prisoners

… and so, that Tuesday at the hour of vespers, he went with all the people to the fortress, and ordered and required the warden to open the doors to him. The warden stood among the battlements, and with him Diego de Alvarado, with swords drawn, and the warden said that he answered what he had already said and held to it; and since the fortress did not have as much strength as Salsas, being built against naked and unarmed people, wretched as they were, the commander and the people came up, and with the great force they put against the main door they broke at once the bolt and lock it had on the inside; ladders were also set in other places to enter by the windows, but they were not needed, because the door at once gave free entry. The warden and Diego de Alvarado, who were inside, and who had shown themselves on the battlements with swords drawn, offered no resistance at all. The commander, on entering, asked where the prisoners were, and found them in a chamber, with their shackles on their feet; …