MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities arrested 39 employees of state-run oil monopoly Pemex while they were stealing oil from its Salamanca refinery in the central state of Guanajuato, the firm said on Tuesday.
The employees were arrested along with nine tanker truck drivers who were not employed by Pemex in a joint operation by the military and Mexican attorney general's organized crime unit that targeted theft, Pemex said in a statement.
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