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The Thornton Affair, where American blood was spilled and became the perfect pretext to start the Mexican-American War, happened on a no man's land. According to Mexicans, the US-Mexico border was at the Nueces River, while Americans though of it as the Rio Grande.

This ill-defined border resulted in such skirmishes and ultimately, war between both countries.

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