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Update: Mexico Retreats, Returns Cement Works to American Company

Mexico thought they could get away with stealing an American cement factory. They thought wrong. After serious diplomatic pressure, the troops retreated and they gave it back. There’s a whole bunch of cement still unaccounted for but that’s a matter for another day.

Mexico returns American property

After Mexico took some heavy heat from American diplomatic channels, “Mexican police and military forces have withdrawn from a quarry and port facility owned by Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials.” The company confirmed the good news on Monday, March 27.

The crisis began two weeks ago when “authorities breached the gates of Vulcan’s Punta Venado port facility” and seized the cement works. What they were really after is their private cargo port.

When Mexico dared to “liberate” the property for themselves, it “prompted outrage” from Alabama’s congressional delegation. They made loud legal noises until someone in the Biden regime “started putting pressure on the Mexican government.

When Senator Katie Britt heard of the illegal occupation, she had Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States, Estaban Moctezuma, summoned to the Mexican embassy in Washington for a meeting. The troops pulled out soon after.

When Senator Britt got the good news, she issued a statement noting she’s “happy to hear that Mexican governmental forces have now heeded our request to withdraw from Vulcan’s port facility, following a nearly two-week unlawful takeover.

Mexico is building a new railroad for their tourist trade and need both the cement and cargo docks. The company quit doing business with their Mexican counterpart CEMEX after the government closed down their limestone mine on bogus charges.

No legitimate reason

Also in her statement, the senator noted, there “was never a legitimate reason for Mexican military and law enforcement personnel to forcibly occupy this Alabama company’s private property.

I personally reiterated my objections to this unacceptable behavior to Ambassador Moctezuma today at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., and asked him to convey to President López Obrador that aggression towards American interests will not be tolerated.” Mexico believed her.

Last week, Antony Blinken had his underlings put out a protest saying Uncle Sam is “concerned about the fair treatment of our companies in Mexico.” They added a threat to pull the foreign aid.

Cases “like these have the potential to impact our ability to achieve our shared vision for improving livelihoods in one of Mexico’s most economically disadvantaged regions. It also impacts Mexico’s efforts to attract future investments.

Meanwhile, the company managed to come to an agreement with Mexico to sell them what they need, including access to their private cargo dock. They have a short term deal and are working on something for the long haul.

The final deal will probably have provisions to restart the limestone mine, because that’s a key ingredient to the cement which the Mexicans need for construction. In exchange for opening the mine, the Americans will let Cuban ships offload the “ballast” gravel Mexico needs to keep the train tracks solidly in place.

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