On August 28, after returning from his expedition, Barrio decided to elect Lieutenant Galván to lead a new group of soldiers to San Javier.
He jailed the first regidor to be appointed in San Antonio, but this imprisonment lasted a short time.
[4] However, Espriella kept alive the trade between French and residents in Texas, as well as the gambling, even though these things were forbidden in the Spanish America.
In spite of this, Espriella was appointed governor of Nuevo León for the second time, between 1752 and 1757,[3] and he led many campaigns against Amerindian peoples.
[3] Pedro de Barrio Junco y Espriella was married to Maria Antonia Rodriguez, and they had two children.