The area of the explosion was contaminated with total hydrocarbons, light steam-cracked, and BTEX
On this day in 1938, then President Lázaro Cárdenas nationalized the oil industry
Two buried tank trucks carrying 10,558 gallons of stolen fuel were seized by the Mexican Navy
The attack takes place days after President López Obrador launched an operation to arrest fuel theft leader “El Marro”
Though reluctant to speak of fuel theft, several residents said they had seen El Marro and that the town was peaceful until “outsiders” began to arrive a few years ago
English07/03/2019
When society sides with criminals
In Tamaulipas and Coahuila, the Gulf Cartel organized parties to celebrate Children's day every year
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14 tanker trucks were stolen last year in the states of Chiapas, Puebla, Michoacán, and Guanajuato
Lilia Escorcia Hernández, a member of the UNAM's Forensic Anthropology Research Institute explains why this is it difficult to identify the bodies
Women have become the targets of an “extermination war” between criminal groups who are fighting to control fuel theft