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The 2010 Puebla oil pipeline explosion was a large oil pipeline explosion that occurred at 5:50 am CST on December 19, 2010, in the city of San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida, Puebla, Mexico.
The pipeline, running from Tabasco to Hidalgo, was owned by the Pemex petroleum company, and exploded after thieves from the Los Zetas drug cartel attempted to siphon off the oil. The gas explosion and resulting oil fire killed 29 people, including thirteen children, and injured 52. Some of the flames in the fire became ten metres high, and the smoke towered over the city.
The blast also damaged 115 homes, completely destroying 32 of them, and prompted the evacuation of 5,000 residents. Firefighters eventually controlled the blaze, but electricity and water remained cut following the explosions, and the military was deployed to the site. Mexican President Felipe Calderón visited the explosion site on the day of the incident to offer condolences to the victims' families. The fire was one of the deadliest in Mexican history, largely destroying an area of five-kilometre radius, and some oil may have polluted the Atoyac River.


















The Los Zetas gang, a paramilitary group involved in the ongoing Mexican Drug War, was blamed for the explosion. Throughout 2010, drug-related conflicts had killed 12,456 people. In 2008, Pemex reported 9.3 billion pesos ($750 million USD) of oil lost to thieves. Previously, close to sixty illegal tapping incidents occurred near the explosion site due to thieves stealing the oil. Much of the stolen oil is often trafficked to the United States.
Felipe Calderón ordered an official investigation into the incident. A hole was found at the pipeline, and several bodies lay near the initial site of the explosion. The cause of the spark that led to the explosion is still unknown. The investigation is to include an assessment of the environmental impact of the explosion, including the pollution of downstream reservoirs. Mechanical failure was not ruled out as a possible cause of the oil leak despite evidence of theft and tampering of the pipeline. The pipeline was re-opened on December 22.

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Maybe lighting a cigarette whilst siphoning, wasn't such a good idea.
Also, why do so many have their pants down? What was going on in that room?
Posted Aug-31-2012 Bydavidstringer (81.68) davidstringer View Channel Send Message
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Clothes either shifted when bodies were moved by rescue workers, or torn by the initial explosion.
Posted Aug-31-2012 ByBetterCallSaul (173.10) 
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Holy sh*t!
Posted Aug-31-2012 Byweekendaviator (248.90) 
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Just so everyone knows, the dead from the narco war since Calderon has taken office isn't 50000 like mainstream media says....it's at least 150,000 but I have heard numbers as high as 250000
Posted Aug-31-2012 ByBthor420 (836.00) 
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Fallout: Mexico... anyone?
Posted Aug-31-2012 Byplumsaround (3.10) plumsaround View Channel Send Message
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GOP's Signature, Kill women and children in the name of Power and Greed
Posted Aug-31-2012 ByThe_Illuminati (1085.12) 
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I love how we'll go after a handful of terrorists for a decade in the middle east, but there's all this shit going on in mexico and nobody bats an eye.....
it's getting pretty fuckin ludicrous....
Posted Aug-31-2012 ByBasard (167.58) 
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boom Xplosion
Posted Aug-31-2012 ByServoxa (192.40) 
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sad
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