BP faces Mexican class action lawsuit over Deepwater Horizon oil spill

• Oil giant faces potentially huge compensation bill for environmental damage
• BP paid $20.8bn settlement in US but so far nothing in Mexico for Gulf oil spill

BP is facing another potentially huge compensation bill from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill after a class action law suit was launched in Mexico for the environmental catastrophe caused in its territory by the fatal disaster.

The company recently agreed a final settlement of $20.8bn with US authorities over the damage caused by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The settlement - the biggest pollution penalty in US history - was reached after a federal court found the company guilty of gross negligence.