 Godoy and Testera were soon in conflict and the friar was forced to abandon Champoton and return to central Mexico.Godoy's attempt to subdue the Maya around Champoton was unsuccessful and the local Kowoj Maya resisted his attempts to assert Spanish dominance of the region.This resistance was sufficiently tenacious that Montejo the Younger sent his cousin from Tabasco to Champoton to take command.