 There she loaded 127 American refugees from sugar plantations in the area and steamed to Veracruz.As a consequence of the American action, the Huerta-led Mexican government closed the Tehuantepec National Railway to American shipping.In early May, "The New York Times" reported that "Dakotan" had sailed to Cristóbal to pick up a cargo of sugar that had been originally slated for transport via Tehuantepec.