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What european leader invaded mexico in 1862, in violation of the monroe doctrine?

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Napoleon ||| invaded and conquered Mexico in 1862, giving control to the monarch Emperor Maximilian. Washington denounced this as a violation of the doctrine but was unable to intervene because of the American Civil War.
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