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Baked beans, "Deadly fuel pipeline explosion in Mexico kills at least 66, injures dozens"

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Stupid Mexicans.  And these are the kinds of people Democrats 
want to grant amnesty for breaking our laws too.

A leaking fuel pipeline that authorities claim had been 
illegally tapped erupted in a massive explosion Friday in 
Mexico's central Hidalgo state, resulting in at least 66 deaths, 
Hidalgo state Gov. Omar Fayad said.

More than 85 other people on Saturday were listed as missing a 
day after a massive fireball erupted at an illegal pipeline tap 
in the small town of Tlahuelilpan, about 62 miles north of 
Mexico City. Fayad said at least 76 others were injured in the 
blast.

Fuel thieves had drilled into the pipeline, causing the leak in 
the small town, according to state oil company Petroleos 
Mexicanos, or Pennex.

Some victims had burns over 40 percent to 90 percent of their 
bodies, officials told the Los Angeles Times.

Graphic video footage showed flames shooting high into the air 
against a night sky and the pipeline ablaze. Screaming people 
ran from the flames, some of them on fire and waving their arms.


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 El saldo que tenemos al momento de lo ocurrido en Tlahuelilpan 
es de 66 personas fallecidas y 76 personas heridas que están 
siendo atendidas en distintos hospitales.

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The ruptured line burst into flame around 7 p.m., according to 
authorities, the Times reported. Residents gathered to collect 
gasoline from the leaking pipeline, the paper reported, citing 
cell phone images on Mexican media.

The explosion came just three weeks after new Mexican President 
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador launched an offensive against fuel 
theft gangs that drilled dangerous, illegal taps into pipelines 
an astounding 12,581 times in the first 10 months of 2018, an 
average of about 42 per day.

“I urge the entire population not to be complicit in fuel 
theft,” Fayad said on Twitter. “Apart from being illegal, it 
puts your life and those of your families at risk.”

Municipal health director Jorge Aguilar Lopez said: "What 
happened here should serve as an example for the whole nation to 
unite behind the fight that the president is carrying out 
against this ill."

The blast came just three weeks after new President Andres 
Manuel Lopez Obrador launched an offensive against fuel theft 
gangs drilling dangerous, illegal taps into pipelines an 
astounding 12,581 times in the first 10 months of 2018.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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