Diplomatic Relations Severed by Mexico, 1914.

Following the Tampico Incident of April 9, 1914, when Mexican military forces arrested two U.S. naval officers and seven crew members and marched them through the streets, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ordered the bombardment and occupation of Veracruz by the U.S. Marines. In reaction to the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexican officials severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 22, when they handed Chargé d’Affaires ad interim O’Shaughnessy his passport and requested his departure from Mexico

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