Senator blasts Mexico president, says poisonous sewage threatens ‘nationwide safety’

[ad_1] FIRST ON FOX : United States Senator Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, referred to as out Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum in a scathing letter addressing the big quantity of uncooked sewage and waste the neighboring nation has dumped within the Tijuana River.

The letter outlines Sheehy’s concern not just for the well being and security of native residents, but in addition factors out that the poisonous leak might doubtlessly be jeopardizing U.S. nationwide safety.

"This steady discharge is sickening 1000's of Individuals yearly, together with U.S. Navy SEALs and Marine particular forces who practice within the affected waters," the letter to the president of Mexico reads. "In February 2025, the Division of Protection Workplace of Inspector Common concluded that, absent motion, Navy Particular Warfare Command could be suggested to cancel or relocate as much as 75 % of water coaching workouts at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado as a consequence of elevated bacterial contamination ranges."

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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks throughout a press convention on the Nationwide Palace, in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico, on January 8, 2025. (REUTERS)

Final week, the Worldwide Boundary and Water Fee said that Mexico is dumping 5 million gallons of sewage a day into the Tijuana rRver. The poisonous waste then flows up into america, and might even make its method into the Pacific Ocean.

"For many years, Mexico has been dumping poisonous waste into the water the place our most elite servicemen practice, inflicting severe well being points and harming our readiness," Sheehy instructed Fox Information Digital. "The issue is simply getting worse, and their failure to do something about it's harming our troops and our nationwide safety. Mexico must put a cease to this poisonous tide instantly."

Whereas Sheehy is sounding the alarm from Congress, native leaders have additionally confirmed that the Mexican authorities’s intentional waste dump has left residents with harmful and dangerous environmental circumstances.

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A U.S. Customs and Border Safety officer patrols in a truck alongside the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Imperial Seashore, San Diego, on Jan. 25, 2025. (Getty Photos)

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"This sewage isn’t simply disgusting — it’s harmful. It incorporates E. coli, antibiotic-resistant micro organism, arsenic and different poisonous chemical compounds," San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond defined in a recent Fox News op-ed . "Our water is contaminated. Our air is polluted with aerosolized waste. Residents are reporting every little thing from pores and skin infections to viral pharyngitis — and even household pets have gotten sick after publicity."

Subsequent Tuesday, Fox News Digital reported that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin may be very conscious of the problem, and intends to go to an area remedy facility in San Diego to evaluate the dangerous move of toxic waste coming into the U.S. from Mexico. A supply near Zeldin instructed Fox that this can be a high precedence for President Donald Trump’s environmental chief.

Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy speaks throughout a Trump rally at Montana State College on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Photos)

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"Now we have heard far too many horror tales of Navy SEALs – a number of the bravest and brightest service members within the navy – falling sick from coaching in waters which were contaminated by Mexican sewage that has flown into our nation," Zeldin instructed Fox on Friday. "This has been a human well being disaster that has lingered for many years."

Preston Mizell is a author with Fox Information Digital masking breaking information. Story ideas will be despatched to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston