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Tampico Affair - Definition and Overview
Military history of Mexico
Military history of the United States
ConflictTampico Affair
Date1914
PlaceVeracruz, Mexico
ResultBombardment and temporary occupation of the city
Combatants
United States of America Mexico
Strength
unknown unknown
Casualties
22 dead, 70 wounded 126 dead, 122 wounded

The Tampico Affair occurred in April 1914, when drunken U.S. Marines from the USS Dolphin were arrested in the Mexican city of Tampico, Tamaulipas. President Woodrow Wilson then ordered U.S. forces to bombard the Mexican port city of Veracruz and occupy the city, in hopes of destabilizing Gen. Victoriano Huerta's government.


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