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The Toxic Asbestos Disaster that Carlos Slim and Del Valle Tried to Hide in Veracruz

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Elementia, a company of Carlos Slim and Antonio del Valle Ruiz —two of the most powerful businessmen in Mexico— tried to hide this episode more than a decade ago. It is a story that was archived and erased: more than 800 tons of asbestos—from Russia—did not reach its destination in October 2012. Although it was to be delivered to a factory in Tizayuca, Hidalgo, where it would be transformed into building materials, asbestos ended up stacked in s…
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Elementia, a company of Carlos Slim and Antonio del Valle Ruiz —two of the most powerful businessmen in Mexico— tried to hide this episode more than a decade ago. It is a story that was archived and erased: more than 800 tons of asbestos—from Russia—did not reach its destination in October 2012. Although it was to be delivered to a factory in Tizayuca, Hidalgo, where it would be transformed into building materials, asbestos ended up stacked in s…

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El CEO broke the news in on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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