 They were decapitated, and the heads were displayed in the plazas of towns throughout the colonial "Partido de la Sierra" in what is now Mexico's Yucatán state.These events ended all Spanish attempts to contact the Itza until 1695.In the 1640s internal strife in Spain distracted the government from attempts to conquer unknown lands; the Spanish Crown lacked the time, money or interest in such colonial adventures for the next four decades.