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 Pacific Ocean.
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.