Which the US complained about to Mexico in the context of its suspicion that Mexico was collaborating with the Germans in some manner concerning U-Boats in the Gulf of Mexico.
In reality, of course, German U-boots, even the quite primitive World War One variants, were quite capable of cross Atlantic operations. The entire thing must have been the far edge of miserable for anyone on the crew, but they could do it, and without Mexican assistance. This no doubt required refueling, but the Germans had worked out how to refuel submarines at sea quite some time prior.
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