🔥 Mexico Seizes 300 Crypto Mining Rigs Wired Into a Hydroelectric Dam.
Alongside the rigs, officers took transformers, medium-voltage terminals and working satellite internet antennas from the site in Tlaola, a municipality of roughly 20,000 people. El Pas and Mexico News Daily describe the seized machines as GPUs, which would point away from Bitcoin and toward coins still mined on graphics cards. En Tlaola, un inmueble presuntamente utilizado para minera de criptomonedas fue asegurado por @FGRMexico, @SEMAR_mx y Seguridad Pblica Estatal del @Gob_Puebla. Se localiz infraestructura elctrica, internet satelital y equipos especializados en generacin de activos Secretara de Seguridad Pblica (@SSPGobPue) September 6, 2026 While mining is legal in Mexico, prosecutors are preparing a charge of electricity theft.
Mining consumes a great deal of energy and generates a lot of noise, which is why operators seek out isolated and very remote locations. That is what alerted us, state security minister Francisco Snchez told reporters. Investigators had tracked reports of illegal mining in the region because of its proximity to the Nuevo Necaxa dam, he said, adding that, There was a very large power connection. Snchez described the site as part of a network exploiting the Sierra Norte's hydroelectric infrastructure, and said the same activity is happening in neighboring states, with searches extending to nearby municipalities.
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