Monday, February 29, 2016

'Dangerous' Radioactive Material Stolen, Missing in Mexico



A truck carrying radioactive material was missing Monday after being stolen in Mexico, the country's interior ministry said.

Five Mexican states were on alert after the theft, which was reported Saturday by a company in Queretaro.

The National Coordination of Civil Protection said a 2006 red Chevrolet Silverado pickup transporting radioactive iridium-192, used in radiography, was stolen in San Juan del Rio at about 6 a.m. local time (7 a.m. ET). 

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Source: NBC News 

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