Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin shekarun 1910, alaƙar da ke tsakanin Mexico da Amurka sau da yawa ba ta da ƙarfi. A cikin 1912, Shugaban Amurka William Howard Taft ya yi la'akari da aikawa da rundunar balaguro don kare dukiyar mallakar kasashen waje daga lalacewa a lokacin juyin juya halin Mexico. Ta haka ne aka tsara War Plan Green. A shekara ta 1916, sojojin Amirka a ƙarƙashin Janar John Pershing
ya mamaye Mexico don neman Pancho Villa, wanda sojojinsa suka kai hari kan Columbus, New Mexico; a baya, sojojin ruwan Amurka sun yi ruwan bama-bamai da kwace tashar jiragen ruwa ta Veracruz ta Mexico, kuma sun tilasta Victoriano Huerta ya yi murabus daga shugabancin. A shekara ta 1917, 'yan sandan Birtaniya sun kama wani sakon waya daga ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Jamus zuwa ofishin jakadancinsa a Mexico City yana ba da haɗin kai ga Amurka da kuma taimakawa wajen sake dawo da Mexico a kudu maso yamma. Da aka saki ga jaridun Amurka, Zimmermann Telegram ya taimaka wajen juyar da ra'ayin Amurka kan Jamus kuma ya kara gurɓata yanayin tsakanin Amurka da Mexico. Dangantaka da Mexico ta kasance mai rikitarwa a cikin 1920s da 1930s.