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Hydrocarbon Spill Pollutes the Pilón River in Nuevo León

A hydrocarbon spill was detected in the Pilón River, at the height of the municipality of Montemorelos, Nuevo León, due to a leak in an old Mexican oil pipeline (Pemex), allegedly caused by vandalism. The incident was recorded on Sunday, October 11, in the vicinity of the Capellan bridge, where inhabitants alerted the authorities for an intense smell of fuel and the presence of a substance in the tributary. Fugue in pipeline out of operation Civ…
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MONTERREY.- The presence of fuel in the Pilón River, in Nuevo León, ignited environmental alerts due to the connection of this basin with the El Cuchillo dam, an important source of water supply for the metropolitan area of Monterrey. Although Mexican Oils (Pemex) reported that the leak was controlled, the [...]

A hydrocarbon spill was detected in the Pilón River, at the height of the municipality of Montemorelos, Nuevo León, due to a leak in an old Mexican oil pipeline (Pemex), allegedly caused by vandalism. The incident was recorded on Sunday, October 11, in the vicinity of the Capellan bridge, where inhabitants alerted the authorities for an intense smell of fuel and the presence of a substance in the tributary. Fugue in pipeline out of operation Civ…

An oil spill from a Pemex pipeline contaminates the Pilón River at the Capellan Bridge in Montemorelos.

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elnorte.com broke the news on Monday, October 12, 2026.
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