At least 20 people were killed and dosens were injured on Friday when a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico as dozens of people tried to fill up containers, state and federal authorities said. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has launched a major crackdown on rampant fuel theft, which the government said cost the country more than $3 billion US last year. Fuel thieves blamedGov. "I urge the entire population not to be complicit in fuel theft," Fayad said on Twitter. Some users of social media responded to the explosion with anger, saying the fuel thieves only had themselves to blame.

Source: CBC News January 19, 2019 04:18 UTC