Claim: Pirates Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte and Hernan Mundaca spent time at the shallow lagoon on the mainland side of Isla Mujeres, an island where the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Evidence: Isla Mujeres (Spanish pronunciation: ['izla mu'xeɾes, Spanish for "Island of Women" (formally "Isla de Mujeres")) is an island where the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea meet, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) off the Yucatán Peninsula coast in the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Pirates Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte and Hernan Mundaca spent time there. The shallow lagoon on the mainland side of the island was a good place for sailors to sit out major storms, careen their hulls and trade for salt.