Official worries fuel pipeline will draw insurgents

State Rep. Chente Quintanilla says head of Texas’ homeland security is ignoring his concerns that a proposed Pemex pipeline could attract leftist Mexican insurgents to the U.S.

Quintanilla, D-El Paso, worries that a proposed pipeline that would transport gasoline from stateside petroleum tanks directly through El Paso County into Juarez could be sabotaged by Mexican insurgents protesting Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex.


The County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 in December to allow PMI Services North America to use county rights of way to install a pipeline along Ascension Road near Agua Dulce to move fuel to Mexico. But the Commissioners Court also agreed to oppose a presidential permit allowing the company to build an international crossing for the pipeline because of safety concerns raised by area residents.

El Paso Times