Mexico Says 1,500-barrel Oil Spill Controlled
Coatzacoalcos river, Mexico. Foto tomada a bordo de una embarcación entrando a escolleras del Río Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México, teniendo a la derecha la ciudad de Coatzacoalcos y a la izquierda Villa Allende, perteneciente al municipio de Coatzacoalcos. Captions and Photo source: ©© Jerson Yuen
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Mexico’s Environment Department says a spill of 1,500 barrels of oil from a pipeline near the Gulf coast has been brought under control, and about 40 percent of the oil has been recovered.
Video from the scene shows the banks of the river coated in black sludge….
