South of the Border — Jake Logan

SLOCUM GOT MORE THAN HE ASKED FOR. The Mexican Emperor Maximilian had helped the Confederates when they needed him. Now the Emperor was in trouble. Benito Juarez, secretly armed by the U.S., was leading an open rebellion against Maximilian. Slocum could not resist the adventure. So he joined a band led by Colonel Lewis to steal a shipment of arms from the cavalry, hijack a boat to Vera Cruz and join forces with the Emperor. That was the plan. But the reality in Mexico was quite different. And now Slocum was on his own ...