South of the border

McClatchy does a follow-up on the pipeline sabotage in Mexico. There's been minimal coverage here in the US despite the fact that Mexico is the second largest oil exporter to the US (Canada is number one).

Some of the things to note:

• the sabotage was expertly done
• the action was in the central part of the country, guerrilla actions are usually restricted to the south
• bombing pipelines is common in Columbia
• a drug war is raging in many parts of Mexico

Despite the claims by the EPR, I don't think a criminal motive (extortion) should be overlooked as a possibility. In any case, look out for further attacks, Mexico is a fragile state under huge pressures. And what happens there might happen here.