Mexico Seizes Illegal Crypto Mining Site in Puebla Mountains

The recurring pattern — four sites, all tied to hydroelectric infrastructure — suggests illegal mining is being sited around cheap or stealable power rather than pursued as an isolated crime. That matters for utilities and grid operators, who bear the theft and load risk, and for regulators treating mining enforcement as an energy issue rather than a financial one. Whether authorities can establish a power-theft link here, and whether the hydro-adjacent clustering persists, is the open question.