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The pretext was the Thornton Affair, which occurred on April 25, 1846. American and Mexican troops clashed on a no man's land between Texas and Mexico, resulting in 11 Americans killed, 6 wounded and 48 captured. This was used by Polk as a casus belli to start the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).

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