Ignacio de Soroeta was a Spanish administrator who was a corregidor in Cuzco and then briefly Governor of Paraguay in 1731.
Unfortunately for Soroeta, rumors spread in Paraguay that Soroeta was an ally of the hated Jesuits and disliked former governor Diego de los Reyes Balmaseda, while the popular Barúa had been an opponent of the Jesuits during his term as governor.
Despite the entreaties of former governor Barúa and Bishop Palos during December 1730, the citizenry wished to deny entry to their new governor; Barúa resigned in frustration, and elections to the cabildo put a new slate of members hostile to Soroeta and the Jesuits.
When Soroeta arrived at the outskirts of Asunción, Paraguay in January 1731, he was refused entry by the citizenry.
His report of the troubles in Paraguay led to the execution of disgraced former governor José de Antequera y Castro and his advisor Juan de Mena; the Viceroy was convinced that Antequera had sympathizers or allies who were behind the rejection of Soroeta.