Mexico gasoline explosion

[kstanb]

sad story

apparently it is very common in Mexico to steal fuel from gasoline pipelines

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/americas/mexico-gasoline-explosion-tlahuelilpan/index.html



this is earlier (in spanish), but you can see these hundreds of Darwin award nominees with buckets, ignoring the police warnings and all common sense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4J-weTMrk4

 

[jcpro]

Instant justice, of course I don't advocate death penalty for theft.

 

[onthebottom]

They have a systemic problem....

The tragedy comes as Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador -- known as "AMLO," who took office in December -- has vowed to eradicate fuel thieves who illegally drilled taps into pipelines an estimated 12,581 times during the first 10 months of 2018, an average of about 42 violations per day.

 

[icespot]

Instant justice, of course I don't advocate death penalty for theft.

I dont think its justice, how do you have such a poor population in a country that has the third richest man in the world in 2019. Maybe if corruption wasnt so high and laws distribute wealth more evenly this would never have happen.
If you have the choice to pay for gas or feed your family. Well you will feed your family and still the gas you need.


Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, engineer, investor and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by the Forbes business magazine.

 

[Fathammer]

Darwin award winners....ALL OF THEM!!

Breaking into a fuel line is HIGHLY dangerous! Its not the liquid thats dangerous, its the vapor.

They got what they deserved!

I would like to get free gas as well as the next guy but by playing around an open leak is just stupid!

I wonder if someone walked up with their Jerry Can to fill up and had a smoke going????