[3] The main motivation for creating the territory, among other factors, was so that the Mexican Federal Army could confront the indigenous Maya people in the Caste War of Yucatán, and pacify the region.

[4][5] A decade later and in the midst of the Mexican Revolution, Yucatecan politicians alleged that the creation of Quintana Roo had been the product of the dictatorial regime of Porfirio Díaz and proposed that the territory be returned to them.

[3][5] After the events that occurred in 1915, in which Abel Ortiz Argumedo [es] revolted in Yucatán with the intention of creating a new republic, added to the opposition of the indigenous Maya in this region, Carranza ordered that the territory be reestablished on 28 June of the same year.

[3] Once the uprising in Yucatán was defeated, General Salvador Alvarado was sent to Santa Cruz de Bravo in order to calm the belligerent spirits of the Maya, who demanded the withdrawal of troops and the restitution of their lands; he gave them the town and the surrounding area.

Due to the discontent of the residents, the Pro-Territory Committee of Quintana Roo was created, which after many protests achieved its restitution on 11 January 1935 under President Lázaro Cárdenas.