What was the French relations with mexico before ww1?

I know this isn't much of a alternate history question but I am interested in the foreign relations of mexico during the porfiato, so if anyone can answer what was the relationship between France and mexico during the porfiato, before ww1, and during the revolution.
 
Diaz, though he had fought against the French, was a Francophile--sommething evident in the architecture of Mexico City when he was in power. [1] It is fitting that he died in exile in Paris. His powerful Secretary of Finance, José Yves Limantour, was considered especially Francophile. "Limantour remained in France for the remainder of his life. He became a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques and was named a grand officer of the French Legion of Honor. He died in Paris on August 26, 1935, largely forgotten..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Yves_Limantour Economically, "French investment was paramount in government and banking." https://books.google.com/books?id=3n4-rmDCUyQC&pg=PA20 The intellectual influence of France was enormous: "Curiously enough, in few other places of the Iberian American world would the Positivist movement reach the kind of influence that it had in Mexico, during the several decades of the government of Porfirio Diaz. Franco–Mexican relations reached a zenith during that period, even though General Diaz had been a hero in the fight against the French invaders. Not surprisingly, after being toppled he moved to France, where he spent his last years." https://books.google.com/books?id=KeY7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10

[1] "Palacio de Bellas Artes

Commissioned by Francophile President Porfirio Díaz, this white marble palace would be right at home in Paris with its art nouveau style and deco interior—until you glimpse the walls. Murals by Mexico’s most inflammatory and revered artists (Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros) disrupt and beguile."
https://www.sunset.com/travel/hawaii-mexico/mexico-city#palacio-de-bellas-artes-mexico-city The murals, needless to say, were a later development...
 
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