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Pemex Controls Pipeline Leak Caused by Thieves
 Associated Press
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December 25, 2010
Mexico City - Mexico's state-owned oil company says it has found and controlled a leak in a gasoline pipeline caused by thieves tapping into the duct.
The leak is located in a rural area northeast of Mexico City in the central state of Puebla. About 120 residents of a nearby town have been evacuated.
Puebla state Interior Department spokesman Noe Torres says no injuries have been reported.
The announcement comes less than a week after a larger leak at a Petroleos Mexicanos pipeline in the same region caused an explosion that killed 29 people.
The company said it had no immediate estimate of how much gasoline leaked in Friday's spill.
Pemex has suffered more than 614 thefts from pipelines so far this year.
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