An attempt has been made to seize Playa Bagdad in Mexico. Similarly, this is happening in other regions of Mexico where Americans are claiming entire Mexican beach territories for themselves. 'The invasion of Mexico is slow but continuous,' another user accused.
Playa Bagdad lies on the Gulf of Mexico (which Trump unilaterally renamed the 'Gulf of America'), in the area where this year, debris from SpaceX ships, owned by Elon Musk, fell. The incident provoked frequent complaints from environmentalists about the damage to the marine ecosystem and the irregular operation in Mexican waters.
Buenos Aires, November 19 (NA) — Almost immediately after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum assured at a press conference that 'that is not going to happen' regarding a territorial intervention by the US in her country, six signs in English and Spanish appeared on Playa Bagdad, located in the state of Tamaulipas on the border with Texas, with the legend: 'Danger.'
'In the initial consultations carried out by the Consulate of Mexico in Brownsville, no confirmation was identified that the signs had been placed by any US authority,' the Secretariats of the Navy and Foreign Relations of Mexico explained in a joint communiqué, where they revealed that they had already requested information about what happened at the US Embassy in Mexico. It was only after, following complaints from residents, that they proceeded to remove the signs and recognize that their installation generated doubts about its origin and why they were placed on a foreign national territory.
Diplomatic Investigation The Mexican Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission 'will initiate the necessary technical consultations to fully clarify the incident, as well as carry out the review established by the current treaties on boundaries and waters of the maps and instruments that delimit the border between both countries,' they stated.
The President of Mexico clarified that, initially, there was no report that the signs were official or placed by US authorities. However, she specified, a US government area did admit that it had hired a company to put up the notices, so Mexico removed them and reminded them of the territorial boundary. As of now, it is not known which US agency was involved.
Agitation on Social Networks The signs caused a controversy, as social media users claimed that Musk wants to control the area to continue operating illegally with SpaceX or that it is another example of how Trump wants to 'invade' Mexico. 'This property of the Department of Defense has been declared a restricted area by the authorities by the authority of the commander (...) Unauthorized entry is prohibited.' On November 5, a sweep was conducted with the support of the University of Tamaulipas and great damage to the seabed was found from the thrusters that fell there and the platform they used to remove them. 'We are underwater archaeologists and they don't want us to investigate them,' influencer Ignacio Rodríguez assured. 'All persons entering may be detained and searched.' They had been placed by American personnel. 'SpaceX wants to control 400 square kilometers of our national waters to dump waste from the rockets it launches. Restricted area. They even prohibited taking photographs or making notes, drawings, maps, or graphic representations of the area or its activities, and threatened that all such material would be confiscated.'
