“Urgent help”, Dos Bocas contaminates the Seco River in Paraíso, Tabasco: fishermen

Paraíso, Tabasco.— With a protest and banners in which they launch a cry for help where it reads: “Urgent help”fishermen from the municipality of Paraíso, Tabasco, They demanded to the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that the contamination of the Río Seco, which has caused the species death and diseases to the population for consuming the products.

The demonstration took place within the framework of the start of operations of the Olmeca Dos Bocas Refinery what It was inaugurated on July 1, 2022, but for two years it did not refine anythingIn fact, its launch last Saturday, August 3, was at 50% and at a cost double that initially announced by AMLO: 16 thousand 816 million dollars, equivalent to more than 322 billion pesos.

There, fishermen took advantage of AMLO’s visit to demand that the contamination of the Río Seco, which has turned a reddish color, be avoided, as it is not a normal color.

In addition, fishermen reported that the water stinks and those bad smells are very strong, so They blamed the oil sector of the contamination of the Río Seco in Paraíso, Tabasco, and for this reason they are asking for urgent help.

Pollution of the Río Seco in Paraíso, Tabasco, affects the oyster sector

They stated that fish and the oyster sector have died has been hit hard; they even reported that they have also seen manatee specimens (endangered species) that have lost their lives in recent weeks due to pollution in the Río Seco.

“Yes, authorities have arrived, but they do nothing. They know that there is contamination in the water, but since Petróleos Mexicanos buys them, they do not say anything,” accused Pablo Rodríguez Pérez, he said. The Financier.

The group of protesters gathered outside the refinery, but they were unable to see the president at the entrance, nor Governor Carlos Manuel Merino Campos.

“Urgent help”, Dos Bocas contaminates the Seco River in Paraíso, Tabasco: fishermen

One of the banners made a request for “urgent help” to AMLO, where they added:

“We are not biologists, we are not chemists, as we are criticized today, We are the fishing sector affected by such visible pollution in the Río Seco.

“Foul smells of gases is not a red tide. Pemex, we are peaceful, Mr. President Obrador, we want to be heard.

“We are not researchers, We are fishermen and we are part of a concerned people asking for justice“We are not an apathetic people.”

According to the fishermen, they began to notice something abnormal in the tributary three months ago, but it was a few weeks ago that the reddish color of the water became more evident.

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But the change in the tone of the water arose at the same time as Dead fish appeared.

Pollution in Río Seco, a public health problem; it extends to Puerto Ceiba, La Isla and Torno Largo

They also claim that this is already a public health problemsince the consumption of the product that they fish in the waters of the Río Seco causes discomforts such as headache, dizziness and vomiting.

The fishermen’s cry for help to ask for “urgent help” is because the Pollution caused by Dos Bocas in the Dry River In Paraíso, Tabasco, it extends to Puerto Ceiba, La Isla and Torno Largo, but the “stain” could reach Belloteover a period of tourist and gastronomic corridor on which thousands of families depend.

Since when was the contamination of the Río Seco in Tabasco detected?

“This will be going on for about three months.but it began to rise more and more, but the water in the Puerto Ceiba river was like that,” said Pablo Rodríguez.

He then also exhibited another container, but with a recent sample taken from the river and He showed a bottle with a clear, cloudy, reddish liquid:

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“This comes through the refinery, because If there were no refinery there would be no pollution. “We were better off before.”

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