MEXICO CITY, Aug 3 (NNN-TELESUR) — Nearly 2,000 people were evacuated from a rural community north of Mexico City due to a gas leak.
The leak was caused by an illegal tap drilled by fuel thieves. The state-run Pemex oil company said the flow of LP gas into the pipeline had been shut off.
A highway that runs just 150 yards (meters) away from the leak was closed to traffic, as was a train line nearby.
“The municipal mayor, José del Carmen Torruco Jiménez, accompanied by PEMEX authorities, visited some communities affected by the oil spill.”
On Dec. 27, 2018, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) launched a crackdown on fuel theft ordering the temporary close down of certain pipelines, including the one in Tlahuelilpan, to prevent the illegal oil taps that have cost the heavily-indebted and corrupted the state oil company, Pemexm US$3.4 billion in losses in 2018 alone. — NNN-TELESUR
