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Thursday, March 14, 2013  Authorities are investigating a fiery explosion allegedly caused by men trying to illegally tap into an oil pipeline south of the border in Rio Bravo.

Friday, October 05, 2012  Months of rumors have ended with authorities confirming the discovery of a large oil reserve in the Gulf of Mexico near Matamoros.

Friday, March 09, 2012  Gas prices are creeping up to $4 per gallon here in the Rio Grande Valley but south of the border they’re staying closer to $3 bucks.

Monday, November 14, 2011  Mexican authorities are investigating a pipeline explosion that shot huge flames into the sky on a highway between Reynosa and Monterrey.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011  Residents there are reporting a chaotic scene following a chase next to a PEMEX plant south of downtown.

Thursday, December 23, 2010  Gasoline prices in the Rio Grande Valley and the United States are going up but they’re staying the same south of the border.

Monday, December 20, 2010  Mexican now say at least 28 people were killed, 13 of them children, in a disaster they blame on oil thieves.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010  At least seven people are dead following an explosion at a PEMEX facility outside of Monterrey.

Sunday, June 27, 2010  Authorities are reporting that five gunmen were killed in a gun battle south of the border in Ciudad Mier.

Friday, May 14, 2010  Mexican authorities are investigating how a fuel siphon was attached to a PEMEX pipeline that runs from Reynosa to Monterrey.

Monday, April 05, 2010  A company at the Port Of Brownsville has been linked to a scandal involving up to millions of dollars of oil stolen from Mexico’s PEMEX.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010  A shootout between soldiers and marijuana smugglers has left six dead, four wounded and ten people behind bars.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009  Homeland Security is scheduled to return $2.4 million in stolen oil profits to Mexico's tax administration on Tuesday morning.

Friday, March 20, 2009  Tamaulipas officials are lobbying PEMEX and the Mexican federal government to build at least one of four new oil refineries in Port of Altamira.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008  Mexico's Congress passed an energy industry reform bill that enables private contractors to invest in its state-owned oil business.