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Human Rights denounces Army for Hidalgo tragedy

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:44

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Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat from Noreste

The military knew of the illegal fuel theft four hours before the fire

The National Commission of Human Rights (CNDH) has sent the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a complaint about the role of the military in the explosion last Friday in Tlahuelilpan (Hidalgo). The organization has asked the Mexican government for information on the precautions it took to try to avoid the tragedy. After the incident, the Administration of López Obrador acknowledged that only 25 soldiers arrived at Tlahuelilpan and that the Ministry of Defense had knowledge of the hydrocarbon leak four hours before the fire, which killed at least 91 people. “Information has been requested from authorities of the different levels and orders of government, to know first hand their version and the sense that, if it was the case, its intervention in the incident,” the CNDH said in a statement.

The authorities have described a scenario in which between 600 and 800 people crowded to fill drums of gas, and that although the security forces came to add 60 elements -between soldiers, gendarmes and federal police- they were not able to stop the people. López Obrador has defended the role of the Armed Forces in this case and has assured that he will give all the information available to the CNDH. The Mexican Prosecutor will also collect the testimonies of the members of the Ministry of Defense, local authorities and workers of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) involved in this emergency to expand the investigation.

The oil company has explained that it tried to stop the flow of gasoline as fast as possible, but that since the pipeline operation system delays in decreasing the pressure with which the hydrocarbon travels, the supply was gradually reduced over some hours. “As soon as we learned about things, we acted in accordance with the safety protocol that indicates the closure of the pipeline and the isolation of the valves,” explained Octavio Romero Oropeza, director of Pemex. The military has insisted that the gas leak was not large when they approached to observe the situation, but that a source of liquid rose in the field when the inhabitants of Tlahuelilpan began to fill their drums.

Since December 20, López Obrador has opted to fight the theft of hydrocarbons in central and western Mexico. His plan has included the surveillance of several oil installations belonging to Pemex, under the responsibility of the Armed Forces, as well as substantial changes in the logistics of gasoline distribution. The president has assured that with his strategy the thefts have diminished considerably in the last weeks, but he has also recognized that the theft of fuels, popularly known as huachicolero, has penetrated into diverse municipalities of the country in the last years becoming a very complex problem.

As of this Tuesday, the Government of López Obrador will begin a strategy in 80 municipalities, close to Pemex pipelines, to analyze the social problems that have led these communities to depend on fuel theft. “They will receive a lot of support from the development programs, from the welfare programs. The most humble people will have an income, they will have a way to work honestly, without the need for these illicit activities,” the president said.

Source: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/01/human-rights-denounces-army-for-hidalgo.html

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