 Carvajal was accused of several charges by the Inquisition in Mexico City, but only the charge of concealing that his relatives secretly practiced Judaism was upheld.Sentenced to exile, he was first sent back to the court's jail, where he died a year later.Carvajal was born circa 1537 in Mogadouro, Portugal, to Gaspar de Carvajal and Catalina de León, descendants of Jewish "conversos" (converts to Catholicism).