The pirates claimed to be fishermen to attack an oil rig: looted money and equipment

For more than six hours, a group of the Pirates armed he took the Fortius oil platform, belonging to the Gold Black Company, last Sunday.

According to reports, about six and nine men, armed with firearms and knives, reportedly arrived at the scene. aboard a self-elevating marine platform at 9:30 pm on April 21st.

The attackers went to the third floor to wake up the crew and locked them in the cafeteria so that during the following hours they could visit the facilities looking for equipment, equipment, money and anything that could be taken.

That's until the next day, around 4 o'clock in the morning, that the fishermen they left, then the employees and the manager of the platform were able to leave. At that time, they sent a warning called SASS Distress, emergency signal in case of hacking.

Although a ship of the Secretary of the Navyhe did it until 8:30. Apparently, during this week, the crew members were questioned about the fact, in addition to making a detailed inventory of the badets of the platform, from which the damage has not yet been evaluated .

In March, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced that the Secretary of the Navy would deploy a permanent agent in the Port of Dos Bocas, Tabasco, to deal with the pirates who vandalized Pemex Platforms.

Fortius It is located kilometers away from Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. Like the other four platforms of Black goldit is not operational due to the insolvency situation of the company, but there is a maintenance and conservation staff required for this equipment.

This platform was built in Singapore in 2013, accommodating up to 150 people and drilling to a depth of 30,000 feet.

They warn against the modus operandi

The badault fake fishermen to oil rigs, including those operated directly by Pemex, have become a daily problem in the Gulf of Mexico.

As a result, the authorities have limited fishermen, forbidding them to approach the crew unless 1,500 kilometers away.

More precisely on the coast of Tabasco, the commander of the fifth naval zone, Gregorio Martínez Núñez, said that many fishermen are approaching the area to vandalize, so it was necessary to implement rules.

Although the restriction decreases vandalism on platforms, also does this with the fishing activity in the Gulf of Mexico.