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In 1733 an expedition under the command of major general Antonio de Figueroa, field marshall of Yucatán recovers spanish control over Bacalar, until then in the hands of the rebel Indians and sporadically in the hands of pirates. This expedition seeks to stablish a military post to invert the excessive felling of woods in its territory and to expel the pirates, smugglers of Campeche wood

With some settlers from Canary islands Figueroa starts the reconstruction of Bacalar and build the fort of San Felipe for its defense at the end of the XVIII century Bacalar maintains its military importance
and once again starts to become a trade center of local importation.