Soon after the Arbitration of 1911 failed, the dispute regarding the Chamizal tract (the dispute revolved around the question of which nation owned the tract of land) became a stalemate due to the Mexican Revolution. Mexico was too busy with war, coup d’états, and assassinations to focus on their lost land. Cordova Island, on the other hand, had its fare share of problems in the early 20th century. Since 1899, Cordova Island had essentially been a Mexican enclave in the U.S. Starting in the 1920s and somewhat due to Prohibition, Cordova Island was a trouble spot. In 1920, alcohol was made illegal in the United States. Conveniently for booze-hungry U.S. citizens, there was a bar and nightclub, called the Hole in the Wall, on Mexico’s Cordova Island. Being a thirty second walk from U.S. soil, the Mexican bar made unprecedented profits from U.S. citizens. This ticked off some local officials, but drinking was perfectly legal in Mexico, so they could not do anything.
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