Modern Era · North America · War
1914
US occupies Veracruz
April 9, 1914
A minor incident in Tampico led Woodrow Wilson to order the US Navy to seize Veracruz and cut off weapons flowing to Mexican strongman Victoriano Huerta. The intervention killed hundreds of Mexicans and unified Mexican opinion against American meddling. Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata kept fighting each other and the gringos.
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