What Terrorist Threat?: ; Mexican Oil Facilities Remain Vulnerable to Attack
Sunday Gazette-Mail (April 08, 2007)
Author: Kevin G. Hall
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Oil exports The top five crude-oil exporters to the U.S. market last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (figures are in barrels): Canada 650,874,000 Mexico 575,135,000 Saudi Arabia 518,739,000 Venezuela 415,676,000 Nigeria 380,715,000
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico - When a group claiming to be part of al- Qaida in Saudi Arabia called in February for jihadists to strike Mexican oil installations in a bid to cripple the U.S. economy, Mexico announced that its navy had gone on alert and had stepped up surveillance of offshore oil platforms and port facilities.What Terrorist Threat?: ; Mexican Oil Facilities Remain Vulnerable to Attack
A month later, however, a McClatchy reporter was able to approach Mexican oil installations virtually unchallenged, raising questions about how secure Mexico's ports are from terrorist attacks.
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