Although their policy may be seen as ambiguous at times and in flux depending on the changing provincial administration, of particular concern was the problem of weapons trafficking and the Spanish experience with the Apache and the extremely hostile Comanche to the southwest.
Although their policy may be seen as ambiguous at times and in flux depending changing provincial administrations, of particular concern was the problem of weapons trafficking. Official Spanish intransigence in this was driven partly by their experience with the Apache and the extremely hostile Comanche to the southwest.