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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Laura Paddison in San Juanico

How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions – for trying to protect its own seabed

Fishers push a boat on the beach at San Juanico on the coast of north-west Mexico
Another day’s fishing in calm waters at San Juanico on the coast of north-west Mexico … but a storm has long been brewing. Photograph: Laura Paddison

The ship

When it first appeared, it looked like a floating city. For months in the summer of 2012, the ship just sat there – a hulking, confusing presence off the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur.

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