Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin Mexico da Amurka, an sake rufe tashar jiragen ruwa, a wannan lokacin da Amurkawa suka yi. 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 kwanaki 20 na kewaye
, ya kayar da 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.