 Kupindira kweUnited States muHondo Yenyika I kwakatangira musi waApril 6, 1917, kusvika pakapera hondo musi waNovember 11, 1918. Munguva iyi, vanhu vokuLatin America vanenge 200 000 vakarwira United States. Ruzhinji rwaaya varwi veLatinos vakanga vari vaMexico vokuAmerica. Vakawanda vevarume ava vakasarudzwa mubasa racho, uye vamwe vakatosvika pakuvanza madzitateguru avo okuMexico kuti vasabatwa zvisina kunaka. Kusiyana nevarwi veAfrica veAmerica, zvisinei, veMexico veAmerica havana kushanda mumapoka akaparadzaniswa munguva yeWWI. Kunyange zvazvo varwi vachena vaishungurudza varwi vokuMexico vokuAmerica nokuda kwebarrio English yavo, varwi vokuMexico vokuAmerica vakaratidza kuti vakanga vakagadziriswa mumakakatanwa akawanda anokosha, kusanganisira Hondo yeSaint-Mihiel neMeuse-Argonne.. 