the solution is to download “Class Files 1.0.1B” from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/tech/jta-138684.html
and then do:
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=./jta-1_0_1B-classes.zip -DgroupId=javax.transaction -DartifactId=jta
-Dversion=1.0.1B -Dpackaging=jar