The Jesuit missions in the Tarahumara were closed, and the property of the missions and the natives of the mission towns was confiscated and handed over to the Franciscan missionaries for administration. On the other hand, an inspector commander of military prisons was appointed in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, New Mexico, Coahuila, Texas and Sonora, who from the town of Chihuahua organized the prison companies, vitalizing the combat against the rebellious indigenous people and establishing military posts in Coyame, San Carlos (Manuel Benavides), Meoqui and Namiquipa.

New Vizcaya became one of the twelve municipalities into which New Spain was divided, a situation that modified its internal political organization. At this time, the town of Chihuahua was provisionally granted the status of capital of the Internal Provinces.