Bret then began to move steadily closer to land during the next few hours before making landfall near Tuxpan , Veracruz in eastern Mexico early on June 29 with 40 mph ( 65 km\/h ) winds . With a mid-level anticyclone over Texas , Bret tracked steadily to the west-northwest , and began to re-organize just before moving ashore ; at 12:00 UTC on June 29 , the storm made landfall just southeast of Tuxpan with winds of 65 km\/h ( 40 mph ) .