Overview
- The fire outside the Olmeca (Dos Bocas) refinery on March 17 left five dead—one Pemex worker and four from a contractor—with the plant reported operating at 100% and the FGR now leading the cause-of-fire probe as Pemex runs technical reviews.
- Officials say early indications point to rain-driven hydrocarbon runoff that later ignited outside the perimeter, though final conclusions await the FGR and Pemex peritajes.
- Parents and environmental groups renewed demands to relocate two schools bordering the refinery complex, citing persistent safety concerns despite prior technical assessments finding no relocation necessary.
- In Béccar, San Isidro (Argentina), police detained Gustavo Ezequiel Arroyo as the suspected mastermind in the motorcycle shooting that killed Cecilia Andrea Iraola, with the attack tied by investigators to a BMW sale dispute and the alleged gunman still at large.
- In Spain’s Badajoz, three people have been arrested over recent family-linked attacks involving incendiary devices and gunfire, and authorities say further detentions are possible as the investigation advances.