Mexican officials have seized a Mexican port facility owned by Birmingham, Ala.-based Vulcan Materials Co. following a string of tensions between the government, Mexican cement company CEMEX and the U.S. manufacturer.
A Vulcan spokesperson deferred to a statement from the company, which says CEMEX, aided by armed Mexican police and military, forcibly entered Vulcan's facility near Playa del Carmen, on the eastern Yucatan Peninsula coast near Cancun, and are still occupying the property.