[1] In 1736, he was chosen to govern Tlaxcala, in the modern Mexico, by Philip V. However, when Franquis reached the province, he learned that the position was not yet vacant, because his predecessor had not yet left his political office.
[1][2][3] On his trip to Texas, he passed through Monclova, in Coahuila, where he criticized the administration of Clemente de la Garza Falcón.
However, many of them deserted to the forest and began to interact with the Native Americans of the region, which had never been Christianized because they had never lived in missions, and spoke them about the treatment they had been subjected to.
[5] In addition, Franquis opposed almost all the missionaries and Presidio officials working in the main regions of Texas and Coahuila (i.e. Los Adaes and Saltillo), causing disaffection between the governor and them.
[2] Franquis accused the friars of stealing "the royal treasure", besides insulting them,[note 1] and preventing their letters from being sent because he appropriated them.
Several month later, on June 8, 1737, San Francisco mission was abandoned and the 230 Native Americans who lived there got the freedom,[note 2] while the other religious establishments had lost many Native Americans as well (including the San Juan Capristano mission, which was abandoned by most of the amerindians).
[3] For instance, he ordered the construction of the first "dula" (a piece of land that receives irrigation from a ditch) for the distribution of rivers.
In September 1737, he was expelled from his position as governor and sent to San Juan Bautista, in Nuevo Leon, but Franquis fled to Mexico City.