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[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jan 1, 2013 Author:Mcgowinjm Wire Service Post Date:2013-01-01 17:18:57 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:136289 Comments:236
“This task force [one of several in place in Mexico] is pretty heavily armed and is embedded with the Mexican military,” says William Robert "Tosh" Plumlee, a former CIA contract pilot who flew numerous missions delivering arms to Latin America and returning drugs to the United States as part of the covert Iran/Contra operations in the 1980s. “These are boots on the ground ... seven to eight of them [in Joint Task Force 7], working in a civilian capacity, meaning they are not in uniform.
An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital Thursday left at least several workers injured, blew out windows and damaged the building, the company said.
Local media reported that at least one person had died and that about 40 were injured. PHOTO: Firefighters search for survivors Guillermo Gutierrez/AP Photo Firefighters and workers dig for survivors... View Full Size PHOTO: Firefighters search for survivors Guillermo Gutierrez/AP Photo Firefighters and workers dig for survivors after an explosion at an adjacent building to the executive tower of Mexico's state-owned oil company PEMEX, in Mexico City, Jan. 31, 2013.
Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said workers have been evacuated from the building. A reporter at the scene saw rescue workers trying to free several workers trapped. Television images showed people being evacuated on office chairs, and gurneys. Most of them showed injuries likely caused by falling debris.
Pemex said in a Tweet that several workers were injured in the blast but no one answered at its offices.
In an earlier Tweet, the company said it had evacuated the building because of problems with the electricity in its administrative skyscraper.
