Mexico firm to compensate over toxic spill

A mining company in Mexico has agreed to a multi-million-dollar compensation payout for causing one of the country’s worst environmental disasters in history.

Grupo Mexico said it will set up a $151m trust fund to pay for damages after one of its mines spilled acid-laced copper sulphate and heavy metals into two rivers in northern Mexico, affecting at least 24,000 people.

Al Jazeera’s Adam Raney reports from Mexico City.