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Local residents marched on Sunday (April 5) in the southern Mexican state of Veracruz, to protest an oil spill that has affected the Gulf of Mexico coastline for weeks.

Mexican officials said they are investigating two possible causes of the spill: natural seepage and an unidentified vessel that authorities are still trying to identify.

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00:02Residents marched in Veracruz on Sunday to protest an oil spill that has affected the Gulf of Mexico coastline for
00:09weeks.
00:10Mexican authorities are investigating possible causes, including natural seepage and an unidentified vessel.
00:17Estamos en plena Semana Santa, nuestras lagunas siguen contaminadas. El día de ayer siguió arribando Chapopote en las playas del
00:28Salado y los Arrecifres.
00:30Aparecieron dos nuevas tortugas muertas en las playas de Punta San Juan, peces pintados de Chapopote en el mar. Muestra
00:39de que el derrame sigue afectando.
00:41Vemos ahorita a gente, a nuestra gente, enfermarse con dolores de estómago, náuseas, dolores de cabeza. Y a poco eso
00:49es nomás producto de, prácticamente por obra de magia. Obviamente no.
00:53Ahorita lo que tenemos presente es este derrame de hidrocarburos, que aunque ellos sigan negando y minimizando las consecuencias, pronto
01:01van a empezar a enfermarse las personas.
01:04Civil organizations, including Greenpeace Mexico, have challenged the official account, claiming the spill began in early February near a 36
01:13-inch Pemex pipeline.
01:14The government said it had removed 894.2 metric tons of hydrocarbons, including 40.6 tons recovered at sea, conducted
01:24patrols along more than 630 kilometers of coastline, and installed 2,000 meters of containment barriers.
01:34The air purgeñones, saving the spill, estando van aedan en 1850 kilometers of the sky.
01:42I can't wait a minute to see if that's right.
01:42Problemas arenas.
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