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CIUDAD MIER, MEXICO (AP) Mexico overcame 75 years of nationalist

pride to reform its flagging, state-owned oil industry. But as it

prepares to develop rich shale fields along the Gulf Coast, and

attract foreign investors, another challenge awaits: taming the

brutal drug cartels that rule the region and are stealing billions of

dollars' worth of oil from pipelines.

Figures released by Petroleos Mexicanos last week show the

gangs are becoming more prolific and sophisticated. So far this

year, thieves across Mexico have drilled 2,481 illegal taps into

state-owned pipelines, up more than one-third from the same

period of 2013. Pemex estimates it's lost some 7.5 million barrels

worth $1.15 billion.

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"It is impossible to do this without information on the timing and

level of flows," said Marco Antonio Bernal, a federal congressman

from Tamaulipas who is drafting legislation to toughen punishment

for pipeline thefts.

The suspicions were reinforced earlier this month when detectives

nabbed a Gulf cartel leader who was found carrying a fake Pemex

employee credential, complete with his photo and a false name.

Pemex is installing more automated pipeline shut-off valves

operated remotely from a control room in Mexico City. Such

controls allow them to not only stop spills often caused by illegal

taps but to avoid having to send workers out to unpopulated,

dangerous areas to turn off valves manually.

With thousands of miles of pipeline stretching over far-flung regions

of Tamaulipas, stopping oil theft is proving hard to do. Mexico has

taken steps to rein in the cartels, putting military leaders in charge

of the state's security and sending in soldiers, marines and federal

police to patrol key cities.

Arrests and violence have taken out so many key Zetas leaders

that the cartel's members have taken to camping out in the bush,

dragooning Central American migrants into their ranks. They live off

the land and change campsites constantly to avoid detection.

"They don't have structures. They sleep under the trees, near rivers

to get water," said Gen. Mario Lpez Miguez, who commands

nearly 600 soldiers at a base in the once cartel-dominated town of

Ciudad Mier.

The Gulf cartel, for its part, remains in control of Tamaulipas'

largest city, Reynosa, which sits across from McAllen, although the

military has increased its patrols, making some residents feel safer.

"The situation has gotten a lot better," said Nora Gonzalez, who

runs a secondhand furniture shop near downtown Reynosa.

Still, just a few blocks away, Reynosa remains dangerous.

A reporter asking residents about the crime situation was quickly

approached by a young man driving a battered car with no license

plates.

"Where are you from? What are you doing here? Identify yourself,"

said the young man, using language similar to that of drug cartel

lookouts, known as "halcones," or falcons.

"How much money are you carrying? Pull over," the man

demanded, as the reporter opted to drive away.


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