Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that the Attorney General’s Office and Pemex’s internal watchdog are conducting deep investigations into how personnel handled the leak.
- An interagency review on Thursday confirmed a 36‑inch pipeline in the Abkatún–Cantarell area caused the spill after more than 70 satellite images, flyovers, and underwater checks pointed to Pemex infrastructure.
- Pemex removed three operations officials and filed a criminal complaint, as logs show unreported repair work and an eight‑day wait to close a key valve that allowed more crude to escape.
- Oil pollution has stretched across roughly 600–900 kilometers of shoreline, with Navy and Pemex crews setting floating booms off Progreso on Monday, while fishing families and tourism operators report growing disruption.
- With the total volume still unverified—independent estimates reach about 82,000 barrels—the government is creating a permanent Gulf observatory to track slicks in real time and issue early alerts.