Mexican Revolution so short a time would not occur with volunteers, and the army resorted to the "leva", forced conscription. The revolutionary forces had no problem with voluntary recruitment. Most Mexican men avoided government conscription at all cost and the ones dragooned into the forces were sent to areas far away from home and were reluctant to fight. Conscripts deserted, mutinied, and attacked and murdered their officers. In April 1914, U.S. opposition to Huerta culminated in the seizure and occupation of the port of Veracruz by U.S. marines and sailors. Initially intended, in part, to prevent a German merchant vessel from delivering
Port international de Port-au-Prince Port international de Port-au-Prince The (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. It suffered catastrophic damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Some of docks and warehouses are operated by the government's "Autorité Portuaire Nationale" (APN), and some are run by private companies. On 13 June 1872, a German fleet composed of SMS "Vineta" and SMS "Gazelle" seized Haitian Navy ships "Union" and "Mont Organisé" which were anchored in the port, as a means of pressure to have the Haitian government pay a 20,000 thaler debt to a German businessman. In 1906, a Haitian-American company gained a