Dispute That Led to Mexico Seizing US-Owned Port ‘Not Unprecedented’: Expert

The Mexican military has vacated a port in Mexico owned by Vulcan Materials Company of Birmingham, Alabama, according to a U.S. senator.
“I am happy to hear that Mexican governmental forces have now heeded our request to withdraw from Vulcan’s port facility, following a nearly two-week unlawful takeover,” Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said in a statement.
“There was never a legitimate reason for Mexican military and law enforcement personnel to forcibly occupy this Alabama company’s private property.”
Britt is the ranking member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Mexican police and naval personnel reportedly seized the property at Punta Venado in Quintana Roo, Mexico, at 5:30 a.m. on March 14 to allow a ship belonging to Cemex, a Mexican building materials company, to offload cargo….}