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Environmental Groups Accuse Mexico of Lying About Origins of Oil Spill in the Gulf
Satellite and maritime data show the Árbol Grande stayed over an active Maya crude pipeline for more than 8 days as a 21-square-mile slick spread nearby.
- On Thursday, an interdisciplinary group including the Mexican Navy and Pemex identified a vessel and natural seeps as sources of the Gulf environmental disaster, contradicting earlier government denials of leaks at state facilities.
- Satellite imagery from February 15 shows the Arbol Grande maintenance vessel anchored over an active pipeline, conflicting with the official narrative that denied ruptures in Pemex facilities.
- Working for Diavaz, the Arbol Grande remained stationary for nearly 200 hours; Pemex executives have previously praised the vessel's speed in repairing damaged sections of submarine pipelines despite swells and strong winds.
- The spill has affected over 370 miles of coastline from Tabasco through Veracruz, with coastal communities reporting dead marine life; the government asserts pollution remains under control following cleanup efforts.
- Beneath the spill site runs the Old AK C pipeline, which transports Maya crude and previously suffered a spill in May 2025; this infrastructure connects to the Dos Bocas maritime terminal in the Bay of Campeche.
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Ottumwa Courier
Environmental groups accuse Mexico of lying about origins of oil spill in the Gulf
Environmentalist groups say Mexico’s government lied about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, accusations authorities promptly denied. The spill of off the coast of the southern Veracruz state has spread more than 373 miles…
Mexico City.- A new analysis of satellite images detected a large oil smudge around a ship that would perform repair work on a pipeline at the Cantarell complex in mid-February, and would be related to the spill that has affected the national coasts of the Gulf of Mexico for weeks. According to the Spanish newspaper El País, the large tree ship, dedicated to the maintenance of oil infrastructure, remained anchored from 9 to 16 February on an act…
A Pemex pipeline repair vessel was anchored for over eight days in the area of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Public information obtained by EL PAÍS shows this ship located over a pipeline, with a large oil slick around it, in one of the spots where the Mexican government has placed the origin of the environmental disaster. The findings contradict the official version provided by the authorities, who denied that there was any problem at the state oil company’s facilities
NGOs accused Pemex of falsifying and concealing information about the spill in the Gulf of Mexico into neo-subterr duct in Cantarell complex.
By: Víctor Osorio // El Norte CDMX, March 30, 2026.- The spill in the Gulf of Mexico began since February in a Pemex pipeline in the Cantarell complex, a fact that was hidden, supported environmental organizations. In a statement, Climate Connections, the Mexican Center of Environmental Law and CartoCrítica, among others, indicated that since... Read more →
Authorities intensify inquiries and environmental actions.
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