A major fuel pipeline that supplies Mexico City remained closed after suffering two ruptures in a single day, the president said on Friday, as the government works to stem shortages that have frustrated motorists and triggered economic risk. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s offensive against fuel robbers marks the leftist’s first attempt to tackle entrenched corruption since taking office on Dec. 1. Criminal groups have tapped pipelines and stolen tanker trucks carrying diesel and gasoline in the oil-producing country for years, costing the government billions of dollars. A key pipeline running from the port of Tuxpan in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz to Mexico City was shut down on Thursday night and repairs were underway, Lopez Obrador said on Friday. The pipeline […]