“Mexican fishermen file US lawsuit against BP for Gulf oil spill damages”, 30 Apr 2015

It’s been five years since a gigantic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – caused by an accident on a British Petroleum (BP) deep-sea exploration rig – caused multi-million losses to businesses and an incalculable amount of ecological damage…While the US government ordered BP to pay compensation to Washington and the gulf states of [the United States]…Mexican fishermen, whose livelihoods have also been affected, are yet to see a single penny from the energy giant…Some 25,000 Mexican fishermen…are seeking compensatory and punitive damages in a civil lawsuit…It marks the first class action to be brought by a group of non-US citizens against BP for the oil disaster…