US EditionResidents and wildlife along Mexico's coast bear the brunt of Pemex oil spill
Authorities investigate an oil spill affecting 390 miles of Gulf coastline, with 128 tons of oil waste collected and five fatalities from a refinery fire.
- On Tuesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced an interdisciplinary investigation involving federal agencies and the Mexican Navy to determine the cause of an oil spill fouling the coasts of Veracruz and Tabasco.
- A March 17 explosion at the state-owned Olmeca refinery killed five people, while satellite images from February reveal an earlier active hydrocarbon release affecting 50 square kilometers.
- At least 14 marine species have died and oil has impacted 630 kilometers of coastline, while Petroleos Mexicanos reported cleaning 549 cubic meters of fossil fuels from critical areas by Sunday.
- Environmental group Oceana warned of a "crisis of transparency and accountability," citing insufficient official information as communities face sustained economic losses and health risks from the spill.
- Authorities have yet to identify the spill's source, with experts questioning the initial 'ghost ship' theory while the government faces pressure to adopt structural measures preventing future environmental crises.
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Mexico City, 26 Mar (EFE).- Authorities of the Government of Mexico attributed oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday to three sources: the illegal dumping of a ship and two natural emanations, which affect the coasts of Tabasco, Tamaulipas and Veracruz. Marina’s secretary, Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, explained in a press conference that the first focus was a ship that carried out an illegal dumping on March 3 in Coatzacoalcos, alth…
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill spread hundreds of miles, killed wildlife and polluted Mexican reserves
Mexican authorities say a March oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico spread more than 600 kilometers and reached protected areas.
Daily Journal
Mexico blames oil slick on illegal dumping
An oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico affecting hundreds of kilometers of coastline was caused by "illegal dumping" from a ship and exacerbated by seepage from natural sources, Mexican authorities said Thursday.
Greenpeace acknowledged that it had made a mistake to denounce an alleged oil stain in the Gulf of Mexico, but warned that opacity persists around the spill that affected Veracruz and Tabasco.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Residents and wildlife along Mexico’s coast bear the brunt of Pemex oil spill
PARAISO — Shortly before dawn on March 17, Guillermo Risso saw a distant flash of light illuminating the night sky and thought that the Olmeca refinery, owned by Mexico’s state oil company Pemex, must be on fire. “It was an explosion, the entire refinery lit up,” said Risso, president of the community council of Puerto Ceiba, a coastal town near the refinery in Mexico’s southern state of Tabasco. “We saw flames and were alarmed,” he said.
Video. Mexico races to clean crude from Veracruz coastline
Video. Cleanup crews and navy personnel remained deployed along Mexico’s Gulf coast on 26 March after crude oil polluted beaches in Veracruz and Tabasco. Authorities said 128 tonnes of contaminated waste had been removed, while the source remains under investigation.
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