Tampico

Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth-largest city in Tamaulipas, with a population of 314,418 in the city proper and 929,174 in the metropolitan area.

Tampico in Southern Victory
In 1925, work leaked out to the United States that the Empire of Mexico had started production of barrels in Tampico. This was an alarming development, as it enabled the Confederate States to get barrels, subverting the treaty forbidding them from doing so.