Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico Impounds North Korean Ship

The North Korean freighter that ran aground on a reef near the Mexican port of Tuxpan last month didn’t have the legally required insurance to cover the environmental damage it caused, according to a press release from the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) in July.

The Mu Du Bong damaged 3662 square meters of coral when it sailed into a reef 12 km from the shore, grounding itself in the process.

In response, the . . .

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