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Oil for guns program.
1 posted on 04/04/2009 8:37:31 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Redcitizen

::blink::

How could this have happened without the cooperation of the local police?

Oh, yeah. It almost certainly couldn’t have.

Mexico wants us to solve it’s internal problems. That’s not our job.


2 posted on 04/04/2009 8:45:11 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Hey, Kids! It's the new Mitt Romney! Collect the whole set!)
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That's funny - I always thought refineries got their crude from a pipeline, not a truck.

If they "stole oil from state-owned pipelines and smuggled it across the border to sell it to U.S. refineries", they sure weren't selling very much at a time.

5 posted on 04/04/2009 9:01:08 PM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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Prosecutors say they froze 149 bank accounts and detected bank transfers of over $46 million related to the scheme, in which the oil was smuggled across the border in tanker trucks with false import documents.

Good grief, anything could be in these trucks. We wonder why we have a drug pusher problem?

9 posted on 04/05/2009 12:10:21 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: Redcitizen; Donald Rumsfeld Fan; GulfBreeze; rellimpank; AH_LiveRight; BGHater; nbhunt; La Lydia; ..
Pemex ping!

Pemex estimated a 12 billion pesos loss due to theft in 2004, equivalent to 4% of national sales.

15 posted on 04/06/2009 6:49:03 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Mexico - beyond your expectations.)
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