 In 'El Ingenio', according to legend, horrible events began to occur, both during her husband's lifespan and after his death around 1650.A black slave named Ñatucón-Jetón was killed without any known motive for the homicide (La Quintrala then kept him unburied for two weeks).In 1633, she tried to kill Luis Vásquez, a cleric from La Ligua, who reproached Catalina for her frivolous life and cruel actions.