Battle of Boca Teacapan

Battle of Boca Teacapan
	Part of Piracy in North America
	; Boca Teacapan from the Teacapan Estuary.
Date	June 17, 1870
Location	Boca Teacapan, Sinaloa, Teacapan Estuary
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Mexican Pirates
Commanders and leaders
Willard H. Brownson; Jonathan Wainwright †	Plácido Vega Daza
Strength
Land:; ≈25 marines; ≈50 sailors; River:; 6 armed boats	Land:; ≈160 pirates; 4 artillery pieces; 1 shore battery; River:; 1 steamer
Casualties and losses
2 killed; 8 wounded; 3 armed boats damaged	6–8 captured; 1 steamer captured

The Battle of Boca Teacapan was the result of a United States Navy expedition to destroy a Mexican pirate ship which was attacking targets in the Pacific Ocean. United States sailors and marines in several small boats pursued the pirates to the Boca Teacapan, in Sinaloa, and up the Teacapan Estuary for 42 mi (68 km) over several days in 1870 before defeating them at their hideout. The battle ended with the destruction of the pirate ship.

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