25,000 Mexican Fisherman Sue BP Over Gulf Disaster Mihai Andrei - ZME Science
go to original May 4, 2015

Five years after the British Petroleum catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, Mexican fishermen have still not received any compensation, so they’ve decided to sue the oil giant.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on 20 April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people were never found, and this is at the moment considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, with an estimated 4.9 million oil barrels spilled in the ocean.

The company has initially been given a $17.6 billion fine, but that doesn’t include the compensation they have to pay. In particular, thousands of Mexican fishermen found themselves without a job overnight, and they still haven’t received a penny from BP, which is why they’re suing the company. Ironically, US fishermen have received compensation, but not to the Mexicans – which speaks a lot about how the company is dealing with the situation.

Here’s a video that takes a look at the damage caused by the disaster:



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