Since the 1950s a colonizing policy was carried out in Mexico with the idea of taking advantage of the "empty spaces" occupied by the jungle, in delicate areas such as border areas, and allocating them to productive activities such as agriculture. The appropriation by the inhabitants of space and land use are complementary and complex socio-economic processes, since natural situations and anthropogenic activities interact; consequently, their analysis should consider, among other elements, the population and colonization they performed in the area. The objective of this article is to expose what were the motivations and circumstances of the migratory process, as well as the moment in which the area under study, located in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, experienced its settlement. To this end, the review of bibliographic, institutional and hemerographic sources was carried out, but, above all, this article is the result of the field work carried out through surveys and non-participant observation, with the use of a photographic camera. Key words: Campeche; conflict bordering; Quintana Roo; natives.