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Sep 10,
2007 6:40 am US/Pacific

Report: Explosions Rip Apart Mexico Gas Pipelines

State-Run Oil Company Suspects Sabotage

(CBS) MEXICO CITY Several explosions believed to the work of
result of sabotage ripped apart pipelines for Mexico's state oil monopoly early
Monday, the company said. There were no injuries.

The Mexican state oil
monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, issued a statement saying it believed
the explosions, which forced the evacuation of 12,000 people, were
deliberate.

A small, left-wing guerrilla group claimed to have attacked a
major Pemex gas pipeline running between Mexico City and Guadalajara in July. At
least a dozen major companies, including Honda Motor Co., Kellogg Co. and The
Hershey Co., were forced to suspend or scale back operations.

The July
explosions affected different sections of a major pipeline extending from
central Mexico City to Guadalajara, the industry-rich capital of the western
state of Jalisco.

Those attacks sent the Mexican government scrambling to
increase security at "strategic installations" across Mexico. It was not clear
what security measures were in place at the pipelines that exploded
Monday.

Pemex said Monday's explosions affected at least five pipelines
in Veracruz, but reported no deaths or injuries.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The
Associated Press contributed to this report. )

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