Mexico City, March 26, 2026 (AFP) - Mexico blames oil slick on illegal dumping

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2026-03-27

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. Large blotches of oil have been observed since early March along 600 kilometers (370 miles) of coast spanning three Mexican states, in what activists are calling an environmental disaster. President Claudia Sheinbaum's government, which deni......

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