American company outraged after Mexican military, police seized Caribbean facility: 'This is insane'

U.S. company says Mexican police illegally seized property

A U.S. company said Monday that Mexican police and soldiers have illegally entered and seized a cargo port it operates on land it owns on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Alabama-based Vulcan Materials said police forced their way into the Caribbean coast dock at Punta Venado, near Playa del Carmen, last week. “It should be clear that the rule of law is no longer assured for foreign companies in Mexico,” the company said in a statement. “This invasion,…

US firm says Mexican authorities illegally seized its port terminal

U.S. construction materials firm Vulcan Materials Co said on Monday that Mexican security forces illegally took possession last week of its port terminal in southern Mexico, as an extended legal battle over its nearby limestone mining activities plays out.

US company says Mexican police illegally seized property

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. company says Mexican police and soldiers illegally seized a cargo port it operates on land it owns on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Alabama-based Vulcan Materials said Monday that police forced their way into the Caribbean coast dock at Punta Venado, near Playa del Carmen, last week. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been in a dispute with Vulcan for several years. López Obrador needs the dock to get cement, crushed…

US firm says Mexican authorities illegally seized its port terminal

US firm says Mexican authorities illegally seized its port terminal By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY, March 20 (Reuters) -U.S. construction materials company Vulcan Materials said on Monday Mexican security forces illegally took possession last week of its port terminal in southern Mexico, amid an extended lawsuit over its nearby limestone mining activities. The incident, which reportedly took place last Tuesday night at the U.S. firm's Sac Tun qua…

'Insane': U.S. company reports Mexican military seized its property

(Video screenshot) Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe is challenging the Joe Biden administration to start doing its duty to protect the United States. The challenge comes after the Mexican military apparently took over property belonging to an American construction company. Getting pretty used to the Biden administration letting China and Russia kick sand in our faces (covid and fentanyl deaths, spy balloons, taking down U…

Mexican Military, Police Seize Control of American Company's Quarry Facility

Mexican police and military personnel reportedly seized control of a quarry facility owned by Alabama-based Vulcan Materials Company for the apparent benefit of CEMEX, a Mexican building materials company. According to a letter from Vulcan chairman and CEO J. Thomas Hill, at 5:30 a.m., on March 14, CEMEX employees, along with the Mexican Navy and “state police and special investigative forces answering to the state prosecutor … arrived at the ga…