After the Spanish colonists invaded Mexico, they established a bloody colonial rule, enslaving the Native Indians for generations. Throughout the period of Spanish colonial rule, Mexican residents have been engaged in a tenacious struggle against Spanish rule.
The main participants in the liberation movement were Indian farmers and the urban poor. The Indians in the Yucatan Peninsula continued to fight against the Spanish rule. In 1761, the largest uprising occurred in Sotuta province. Jacinto, the leader of the uprising, named after the clan name of the former ruling dynasty Can Ek in the Spanish conquest, and led the Indian rebels to defeat the Spanish troops sent to suppress. The victory of this uprising brought many new people to participate.
However, the governor of the colony sent all the troops to suppress the uprising, and most of the Indians who only used bows and knives as weapons were eventually defeated. Jacinto Kang Ek was brutally executed, eight of his comrades were hanged, and 200 insurgents were flogged.
A large-scale anti-colonial struggle by the Indians failed.