Petroleum pilferers hit Mexico hard
Drug traffickers’ oil theft taking a toll on treasury
Posted: December 20, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Drug traffickers employing high-tech drills, miles of rubber hose and a fleet of stolen tanker trucks have siphoned more than $1 billion worth of oil from Mexico’s pipelines over the past two years.
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Business, Pages 72 on 12/20/2009
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