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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | July 2007 
Guerrilla Group Said Behind Gas Blasts
 Mark Stevenson - Associated Press
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| | A statement signed by the "military zone command of the People's Revolutionary Army" said it had caused the blasts and demanded the release of two men it identified as political prisoners. |
Mexico City - A communique in the name of a small, leftist rebel group claimed responsibility Tuesday for explosions at Mexican gas pipelines, saying the guerrillas had planted explosives.
There was no immediate confirmation of the claim from authorities, who said they were still investigating the causes of the blasts.
A statement signed by the "military zone command of the People's Revolutionary Army" — a tiny group that has largely been inactive in recent years — said it had caused the blasts and demanded the release of two men it identified as political prisoners.
There was no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the guerrilla statement, which was posted on a Web site that collects such bulletins from armed groups, and the state-owned oil company Pemex said it was too early to determine whether the blasts were caused by explosive devices.
"We inform our people that the actions of harassment will not stop" until the government releases the men, according to the statement dated Tuesday.
Tuesday's explosion forced the evacuation of communities around the town of Coroneo, near the central city of Queretaro, but caused no injuries or damage outside of the pipeline's installations, Pemex said in statement.
Service was suspended on the 36-inch pipeline that runs between Mexico City and Guadalajara.
On July 5, two explosions at another Pemex pipeline in the nearby state of Guanajuato state forced evacuations but caused no injuries.
The EPR staged several armed attacks on government and police installations in southern Mexico in the 1990s, but has been weakened by internal divisions and splinter groups in recent years. |
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