Summary Mexico's notoriously violent drug cartels are diversifying. Besides trafficking narcotics, extorting businesses, and brutally murdering their rivals, cartels are now at work exploiting their country's precious number one export: oil. Every day as many as 10,000 barrels of crude oil are stolen from Mexico's state-run oil company, Pemex, through precarious illegal taps, which are prone to deadly accidents. Pemex estimates that it loses $5 billion annually in stolen oil, some of which ends up being sold over the border in US gas stations. As police fight the thieves, and the cartels fight each other, the number of victims caught in the battle for the pipelines continues to climb. VICE founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Mexico to see the effects of cartel oil theft firsthand.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Kaj Larsen Tim Pool Danny Gold Ty Demura
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Aug 1, 2014
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official Site
Language : English
Filming locations : Navajo Generating Station, Page, Arizona, USA
Production companies : Vice Media
Summary Mexico's notoriously violent drug cartels are diversifying. Besides trafficking narcotics, extorting businesses, and brutally murdering their rivals, cartels are now at work exploiting their country's precious number one export: oil. Every day as many as 10,000 barrels of crude oil are stolen from Mexico's state-run oil company, Pemex, through precarious illegal taps, which are prone to deadly accidents. Pemex estimates that it loses $5 billion annually in stolen oil, some of which ends up being sold over the border in US gas stations. As police fight the thieves, and the cartels fight each other, the number of victims caught in the battle for the pipelines continues to climb. VICE founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Mexico to see the effects of cartel oil theft firsthand.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Aug 1, 2014
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official Site
Language : English
Filming locations : Navajo Generating Station, Page, Arizona, USA
Production companies : Vice Media