Mexico faced an insufficient defense network against the Comanches and Apaches in the Northern States .
The Mexican state followed the practice of its Spanish colonial predecessor , with inadequate military resources to suppress the northern indigenous groups that did not recognize outsiders sovereignty over their territory .
Mexican faced an insufficient defense network against the Comanches and Apaches in the Northern States .
The Mexican state followed the practice of its Spanish colonial predecessor , with inadequate military resources to suppress the northern indigenous groups that did not recognize outsiders sovereignty over their territory .