'Regrettable': How Mexico views the Texas Revolution

• Yes, but: The Museo Nacional de Historia in Mexico City has only a few mentions of Texas, suggesting that the fixation might not go both ways.

Vibe check: The museum is inside the roughly 240-year-old Chapultepec Castle and captures Mexico's history from its point of view.

Context: Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, but it wasn't enough to form a united nation, per an exhibit at the museum.

• The new country was fraught with political, economic and social instability for decades.

The intrigue: "Perhaps the most regrettable event in the early years of independent Mexico was the loss of Texas," one museum exhibit explains in Spanish.

What they're saying: Mexicans born in Texas, settlers with land grants and "mercenarios" (mercenaries) from 22 U.S. states participated in the "drama" that ultimately led Texas to secede from Mexico, per the exhibit.

• Mexico at one point restricted immigration from the U.S. to Texas out of concern that Mexico might lose the state to its northern neighbor. One foreign affairs minister described it as an unofficial form of invasion.

• A delegation of Texans declared independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836, around the time of the Battle of the Alamo. The Republic of Texas became a U.S. state in 1845, although the transfer of power didn't happen until 1846.

Zoom out: The Texas-Mexico corridor is now one of the most strategically integrated production hubs in the world, per the Texas Economic Development Corporation.

• Mexico has been Texas' top trading partner for over 17 years, with an estimated $281.2 billion of trade between the two in 2024, per Gov. Greg Abbott's office.