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The Shadow War
Preface
In 1985 during the Reagan administration, the United States Geological Survey published the results of fieldwork surveying the natural hydrocarbon resources in northeastern Mexico. The survey concluded that "giant" natural gas, coal and potentially oil deposits were present primarily in the Burgos and Sabinas basins.
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On October 22, 2020, members of the United States Congress wrote a letter to U.S. President Donald J. Trump voicing concerns about the supposed preferential treatment of state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) over U.S. companies and the delaying or cancellation of contracts by the Government of Mexico under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Their grievance was that the interests of U.S. companies were not being considered following significant investments in infrastructure and transnational bidirectional pipelines after the 2014 energy reform which opened Mexico's oil and gas resources to foreign investment and exploitation. In total, 43 members of the House and Senate signed the letter, including John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, Chip Roy and Henry Cuellar.
It's worth mentioning that the author and several co-sponsors of the 2019 Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act (H.R.1700) also signed the letter. The significance of this will become clearer by the end of the story...
https://narco.news/the-shadow-war
Preface
In 1985 during the Reagan administration, the United States Geological Survey published the results of fieldwork surveying the natural hydrocarbon resources in northeastern Mexico. The survey concluded that "giant" natural gas, coal and potentially oil deposits were present primarily in the Burgos and Sabinas basins.
... ... ... ... ...
On October 22, 2020, members of the United States Congress wrote a letter to U.S. President Donald J. Trump voicing concerns about the supposed preferential treatment of state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) over U.S. companies and the delaying or cancellation of contracts by the Government of Mexico under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Their grievance was that the interests of U.S. companies were not being considered following significant investments in infrastructure and transnational bidirectional pipelines after the 2014 energy reform which opened Mexico's oil and gas resources to foreign investment and exploitation. In total, 43 members of the House and Senate signed the letter, including John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, Chip Roy and Henry Cuellar.
It's worth mentioning that the author and several co-sponsors of the 2019 Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act (H.R.1700) also signed the letter. The significance of this will become clearer by the end of the story...
https://narco.news/the-shadow-war
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