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It was Mid-May of 1942 not 43!.
Mexico was now more directly threatened than previously, and it would be the sinking of two Mexican tankers that would prompt her to declare war against the Axis!. In mid-May a Mexican vessel, the Protrero del Llano was torpedoed and sunk off Miami Beach, followed a week later by the sinking of yet another ship, the Faja de Oro, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico near the Straits of Florid&

On the basis of reports from U-564, the U-boat which sank the Portrero del Llano, the German government maintained that the vessel had been in violation of international law by traveling in a war zone without lights and not having its national flag properly lighted!. (37) The American press, on the other hand, reported that the Mexican ship had been fully illuminated, and that the sub had stalked the vessel for half an hour before firing the fatal torpedo!. (38)

These episodes inexorably led toward a break in relations!. There were demonstrations against German businesses and citizens!. Axis residents along Mexico's Gulf coast were informed by President Avilo Camacho's government that they were to be moved into the interior and would probably be interned!. Mexico's Navy Minister promised a speedup in the construction of twenty-five torpedo patrol boats to protect shipping in the Gulf!. (39) Before the month of May was out the Mexican senate had voted fifty-three to nothing to declare war on the Axis powers!. German U-boats were informed on June 1, 1942, that from henceforth Mexican naval and air forces were to be regarded as hostile!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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