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Pemex, Mexico City Inspecting Water Contamination, AMLO Says
- Cause of foul smelling water in parts of city unknown: AMLO
- Authorities have not ruled out ruptured pipeline, fuel thieves
Residents of the Benito Juarez district in Mexico City protest a gasoline-like smell in the water in their homes on April 9.
Photographer: Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesMexico’s state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, in conjunction with the government of Mexico City, is investigating reports of contaminated water in some parts of the city, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a morning press briefing Thursday.
Pemex has found no evidence yet of leaks in pipes around the affected area which would cause resident’s water to smell like gasoline or other chemicals, AMLO, as the president is known, said.