How Mexico entered the Second World War

How Mexico entered the Second World War

On May 14, 1942, the Potrero del Llano, a Mexican oil tanker, was sailing from Tampico to New York City, a journey of five to six days. With the U.S. at war, there was a hungry market for Mexican oil, and the 30-year-old ship was carrying 6,132 tons of petroleum. She had been built in Britain, sold to a company in Belgium, and then purchased by Società Italiana Transporti Petroliferi. In June 1940, she had been in Tampico, where she was first in…