Sent to Majorca to act as Italian proconsul in the Balearics, Bonaccorsi proclaimed that Italy would occupy the island in perpetuity and initiated a brutal reign of terror (as a vengeance for the previous killing by the Republicans of thousands of religious and civilian anticommunists), arranging the murder of 3,000 people accused of being communists, and emptying Majorca's prisons by having all prisoners shot. In the aftermath of the Battle of Majorca, Bonaccorsi renamed the main street of Palma de Majorca "Via Roma", and adorned it with statues of Roman eagles. Bonaccorsi was later rewarded by Italy for his activity in Majorca.