{"id":24682,"date":"2017-03-28T12:52:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2017-03-28\/mexicos-guerrilla-country-arms-oil-drillers-move\/"},"modified":"2017-03-28T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T12:57:53","slug":"mexicos-guerrilla-country-arms-oil-drillers-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2017-03-28\/mexicos-guerrilla-country-arms-oil-drillers-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Drillers Face an Angry Mob in Mexico\u2019s Guerrilla Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When an angry mob torched City Hall in the southern Mexican town of Tecpatan last month, it sent a warning flare across a country already thrown into turmoil by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The outrage was over oil, specifically the government\u2019s plan to auction off a swath of land around their farming community to private drillers. The locals say they weren\u2019t informed that a date\u2014July 12\u2014had been set. When they found out, they set fire to the two-story town hall, which now sits charred and abandoned, its windows smashed and the iron gate chained shut. The clock on its tower stopped at 10:55.<\/p>\n<p><em>Story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2017-03-28\/oil-drillers-face-an-angry-mob-in-mexico-s-guerrilla-country\">here<\/a> by Adam Williams\/Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photographs by Yael Mart\u00ednez\/Bloomberg<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24642&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; show_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lightbox&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24645&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; show_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lightbox&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24627&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; show_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lightbox&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24631&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; 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