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Spanish officials would recapture San Antonio and conduct a brutal reprisal, executing over 300 people. The situation in [[Nacogdoches]] was hardly any better, where they were brutally purging the rebels. On September 12, however, Elizondo's ruthlessness was ended, when he was assassinated by one of his own officers.
 
The repercussions and vengeance of the Spanish caused many to flee Texas, and they would never fully come to trust the Spanish Royalsroyal family again. San Antonio natives and future signers of the 1836 [[Texas Declaration of Independence]], [[José Francisco Ruiz]] and [[José Antonio Navarro]], were among those who fled Texas.<ref name=Edmonson38>Edmonson (2000), p. 38.</ref> Texas would remain a hot spot for revolution and filibusters for years to come.
 
==See also==