Montejo had his men set up a small fort on the Yucatán coast at 'Xaman Ha' in 1528, but they were unsuccessful in subduing the country and maintain their position. Montejo moved his conquistadors on to Mexico and subdued Tabasco in 1530.
Montejo returned to the Yucatán peninsula in 1531 with a force of conquistadors that were allied with the Maya port city of Campeche.[58] While he set up a fortress in Campeche to base his campaign, he sent his son, Francisco Montejo the Younger (el Mozo), inland with an army to conquer the Maya. As the Conquistador army made their way inland, the leaders of some Maya states pledged that they'd be Spanish allies. Montejo the Younger continued on to Chichen Itza, which he conquered and then declared as