Word: huertista
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wilson's animosity toward the Huertistas led him to seek any pretext for an American intervention in Mexican affairs. He then manipulated an incident in which American naval officers were erroneously arrested--and quickly released--by apologetic Huertista forces to garner Congressional and public support for his policy. Wilson's stubborness led to a deployment of American sailors and Marines in Mexico that he later regretted. Only the looming European war prevented the outbreak of full-scale war between the U.S. and Mexico...
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