Community seizes 2 Pemex reactors
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REFORMA Group
Mexico City (June 6, 2025) - 5:00 a.m.
One of the reactors that arrived from India to Mexico has been parked for five months in front of a gas station in the town of Encinillas, in the State of Mexico, on the Querétaro highway heading to Mexico City. Credit: Special
Two reactors were purchased by Pemex and traveled 14,000 kilometers over a month from India to be used in the Tula refinery reconfiguration project in Hidalgo. Credit: Special
Residents of the Jilotepec community in the State of Mexico have had objects worth more than 7 billion pesos "seized" for five months in protests against public works and due to insecurity. Credit: Special
The equipment is abandoned on the Mexico-Querétaro Highway; one near the town of Encillas, in the State of Mexico, 60 km from the refinery, and another on the side of a road leading to Tlaxcala. Credit: Special
The ejidatarios (communal landowners) are led by PRI Mayor Rodolfo Noguez to demand public works in their community and strengthen security in the face of extortion and violence. Credit: Special
The equipment is used to remove excess sulfur from the crude oil cargo, so the delay complicates the efficiency of its processes. Credit: Special
The teams arrived at the port of Altamira, Tamaulipas, passed through SLP, Hidalgo, and finally reached their destination: the kidnapping. Credit: Special
Demanding public works and protesting insecurity, residents of the Jilotepec community in the State of Mexico have held two Pemex mega-reactors "sequestered" for five months. These reactors are part of the project to redesign the Tula refinery, which will cost more than 7 billion pesos.
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