| Summary: | The federal territory of Quintana Roo was established in 1902, shortly after federal forces, under General Ignacio A. Bravo, concluded a long and intense campaign against one of the country's oldest rebel groups: the Maya from the Selva Oriental of the Yucatan Península.This article analyzes the successive military attempts to finally overtake the Maya sanctuary Chan Santa Cruz, where the Speaking Cross is located, which occurred within the wider central attempts to colonize the peninsula. Furthermore, the article includes and makes a contextual interpretation of the individual profiles of the last campaign's leaders, in order to explain the "militarized" beginnings of the Quintana Roo government.
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