Candelaria Escalante de Duarte and her son Ignacio Duarte Escalante bought the remainder of the hacienda from Fernando García Fajardo, Agustín Vales Castillo, Alberto Ancona Cámara, Idelfonso Gutiérrez and Nicanor Ancona Cámara.

In 1908, the Peninsular Banco Mexicano SA bought Chenkú and Santa Rosa Buenavista at public auction to settle a mortgage judgment against Ignacio Duarte Escalante.

[3] Chenkú, like the other henequen plantations, ceased to exist as an autonomous community with the agrarian land reform implemented by President Lazaro Cardenas in 1937.

During this time frame, he was carrying out expeditions in other parts of Yucatán and making trips to and from the United States.

[3] The current ownership of the property is held 50% by José María Palomeque Cosgaya, 25% by Humberto Rodríguez Perera and 25% by the Puerto Espinosa heirs.

The arches flanking the main entry, the belfry and the central staircase all maintain the symmetry of the colonial style.

[6] All of the henequen plantations ceased to exist as autonomous communities with the agrarian land reform implemented by President Lazaro Cardenas in 1937.