Massive sewage spill shuts down California beaches as a 143MILLION-gallon ‘tsunami’ of raw waste leaks across border – after Mexico ‘dumped it on purpose’

Saturday, March 4, 2017
By Paul Martin

U.S. officials believe a sewage spill from Mexico’s Tijuana River was deliberate
It caused 143 million gallons of raw sewage to pollute Californian coastline
Sewage ran for 18 days and only stopped last week on February 23
Spill is believed to have occurred during repairs to Tijuana’s sewage system
Mexican authorities believe it was an accident caused by heavy rain

By EMILY CRANE
DAILYMAIL.COM
4 March 2017

A massive sewage spill from Mexico’s Tijuana River that polluted miles of coastland and shut down beaches in Southern California is under investigation by federal authorities.

U.S. officials have said the spill that caused about 143 million gallons of sewage to leak across the border was deliberate, while Mexican authorities believe it was an accident caused by heavy rain.

The pollution closed beaches and kept surfers and swimmers out of the ocean, drawing outrage from residents of the cross-border region who say they weren’t told of the leak until weeks later.

The tidal wave of raw sewage ran for 18 days and only stopped last week on February 23. The public didn’t learn about it until the next day.

The spill is believed to have occurred during repairs to Tijuana’s sewage system.

U.S. officials, including Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina, believe the spill was deliberate to cut corners during repair work on a sewer pipeline in Mexico.

Despite high tensions between Mexico and the U.S. after Donald Trump promised to build a border wall, authorities do not believe the spill was politically motivated.

‘It was intentional,’ Dedina told Reuters. ‘The big picture is we need to work to support Mexico’s effort to improve the sewage infrastructure system in Tijuana so this doesn’t happen again.’

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