cherrycandy001
09-10-2007, 02:35 PM
Hey Guys I thought I would post this because some of you may have family in these parts of Mexico.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/09/10/mexico-pipeline.html
Guerrillas blamed as 6 blasts hit Mexican oil pipelines
Last Updated: Monday, September 10, 2007 | 9:14 AM ET
CBC News
A series of explosions, blamed on left-wing saboteurs, ripped apart pipelines owned by Mexico's state-run oil company on Monday.
Six blasts ruptured major gas pipelines for the Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, prompting the evacuation of 12,000 workers from the area in southern Mexico, government officials said.
In a statement issued on Monday, the company blamed the explosions on a small left-wing guerrilla group that claimed responsibility for an attack on a Pemex pipeline in July.
At that time, at least a dozen major companies were forced to suspend or scale back operations.
Explosives-laden truck crashes in separate accident
In a separate incident on Monday in northern Mexico, a truck loaded with mining explosives reportedly crashed into another vehicle, killing at least 37 people.
Officials said the dead included three newspaper reporters as well as bystanders who had rushed to the scene to help near the town of Sacramento. About 150 people were also hurt in the blast, said federal police official Maximo Alberto Neri Lopex.
The huge blast reportedly left a three- by-15-metre crater in the street.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/09/10/mexico-pipeline.html
Guerrillas blamed as 6 blasts hit Mexican oil pipelines
Last Updated: Monday, September 10, 2007 | 9:14 AM ET
CBC News
A series of explosions, blamed on left-wing saboteurs, ripped apart pipelines owned by Mexico's state-run oil company on Monday.
Six blasts ruptured major gas pipelines for the Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, prompting the evacuation of 12,000 workers from the area in southern Mexico, government officials said.
In a statement issued on Monday, the company blamed the explosions on a small left-wing guerrilla group that claimed responsibility for an attack on a Pemex pipeline in July.
At that time, at least a dozen major companies were forced to suspend or scale back operations.
Explosives-laden truck crashes in separate accident
In a separate incident on Monday in northern Mexico, a truck loaded with mining explosives reportedly crashed into another vehicle, killing at least 37 people.
Officials said the dead included three newspaper reporters as well as bystanders who had rushed to the scene to help near the town of Sacramento. About 150 people were also hurt in the blast, said federal police official Maximo Alberto Neri Lopex.
The huge blast reportedly left a three- by-15-metre crater in the street.