Ka cika wannan jumla: A lokacin Yaƙin Mexico da Amirka, an sake rufe tashar jiragen ruwa, a wannan lokacin Amirkawa ne suka yi hakan. Ƙoƙarin farko na Amurka a 1847 don sauka a Alvarado an bincika, amma Amurkawa sun yi shirin sauka a 'yan kilomita a kudancin Veracruz, wanda ya mika wuya bayan
Bayan kwanaki 20 na kewaye, ya ci sojojin Janar Santa Anna a yakin Cerro Gordo, kuma ya yi tafiya cikin gida ta hanyar Xalapa zuwa Mexico City, wanda Janar Winfield Scott ya jagoranci. Mexico ta mika wuya jim kadan bayan haka.