Overview
- The spill stemmed from a leak in the 30-inch Poza Rica–Madero pipeline in Álamo Temapache that affected the Río Pantepec in the Tuxpan basin following torrential rains.
- Response teams set up ten strategic work points with reinforced containment barriers and on-site pumping equipment, and authorities report the spill is contained.
- Pemex cites a coordinated operation with 755 personnel from the company, SEMAR, ASEA and the Veracruz state government under a level III contingency designation.
- Pemex reports the damaged pipeline segment has been fully repaired as recovery, remediation and monitoring continue along the river and its tributaries.
- Humanitarian assistance continues for nearby communities, including mobile medical units and cumulative deliveries of 8,353 food baskets, 21,188 water bottles, 779 water tanks and 12 water trucks.