Since only the ruins of a stone tower survive near the present village of San Juan de Taperas, San Juan Bautista is not one of the six Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

San Juan Bautista mission was inhabited by the indigenous Subereca, Peta, and Piñoca tribes.

The reduction would have needed to be relocated, but the Indians refused; hence the mission was closed.

[2][3] The Tao (Yúnkarirsh) dialect of Chiquitano was spoken in San Juan.

[4] Today, Camba Spanish, which has many words from Chiquitano, is spoken in San Juan de Taperas.