In addition, the commandants relied on a large number of military guards, civil overseers, ex-convict constables, and convict informers to provide them with intelligence and carry out their orders.
Ademais, os comandantes contaron con gran número de gardas militares, capataces civís, alguacís ex-convictos e convictos confidentes que lles proporcionaban a información que necesitaban e levaban a cabo as súas ordes.