I agree - Chavez is no doubt encouraging it. This is exactly the technique used by FARC in Colombia, and everybody knows that Chavez has been very helpful to them and given them safe haven across the border.
By the way, Mexico has been under heavy attack by its own and the foreign left for some time now. Chavez tried to influence the elections last year and there was a diplomatic incident over it where VZ’s diplomats were expelled. Supposedly, VZ military also turned up in Southern Mexico at one point, although I can’t confirm that. In any case, one of the biggest problems Mexico has is its violent left, which tries to undermine any reform or progress made in the country. Now it looks as if they’re moving beyond undermining and getting into sabotaging. (Of course, this would also benefit Chavez and other leftists who control supplies of natural gas, such as Morales.)
Also, what’s the name of that guy who lost the election...Obrador?
He vowed he and his followers would take down the Calderon administration.
You will not often find OPEC projects under attack; typically it is non-OPEC pipelines and oil production that attract the interest of “enviro” groups and their lawyers, indigenous groups (with their euro advisors), and as it gets nastier, shadowy guerrilla groups.
Mexico is a non-Opec producer and the recent elections defeated a Chavez proxy. I would be surprised if Chavez and Company didn’t attempt to foment some kind of rebellion. The Chavez model has been partially successful in Ecuador, more successful in Bolivia, he has fomented a couple of failed rebellions in Peru, he has a new ally in Nicaragua, and he came within a Gorean vote recount of winning in Mexico. Its only a matter of time before his proxies and allies in Mexico kick things up to the next level.