US EditionFuel Smuggling Tanker Unveils Cartel Conspiracy at Port of Ensenada
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Fuel Smuggling Tanker Unveils Cartel Conspiracy at Port of Ensenada
The tanker Torm Agnes brought 120,000 barrels of diesel to Mexico's Ensenada port, where cartel-related smugglers unloaded it using a risky yet efficient method. The operation marks a growing trend in fuel smuggling, with cartels bypassing taxes and regulations to profit from illicit fuel trades, threatening Mexico’s energy market.
The Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel dominates the use of tankers to smuggle fuel into Mexico, known as huachicol. U.S. oil companies support them. Reuters tracks the daring voyage of a ship. On the afternoon of March 8, an oil vessel named Torm Agnes entered the Port of Ensenada, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, transporting almost 120,000 barrels of diesel. Such a vessel was rare in that port, which hosts mainly cruise ships, luxury yachts and c…
Reuters The Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel dominates the use of tankers to smuggle fuel into Mexico. U.S. oil companies support them. Reuters tracks the daring cruise of a ship. On the afternoon of March 8, an oil vessel named Torm Agnes entered the Port of Ensenada, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, transporting almost 120,000 barrels of diesel. Such a vessel was rare in that port, which hosts mainly cruise ships, luxury yachts and container shi…
An investigation by Reuters revealed that U.S. companies have been using the fiscal huachicol to benefit.The report published yesterday, the news agency reports the case of an oil vessel named Torm Agnes that arrived at the port of Ensenada on March 8 with a load of 120,000 barrels of diesel.This ship, it was said, although it arrived at a port that lacks the infrastructure for it because it is used for cruises, luxury yachts and containerships,…
• The cartel uses ships to smuggle diesel illegally from the United States and Canada.• The company Ikon Midstream is designated as a facilitator of maritime smuggling.• Authorities from Mexico and the United States investigate a network of corruption in ports and customs.Combing on a large scale On March 8, the ship Torm Agnes arrived at the port of Ensenada, Baja California, with almost 120,000 barrels of diesel. Although the compound does not…
The British news agency Reuters revealed that Mexican cartels developed a sophisticated fuel smuggling scheme, valued at more than $20 billion annually, using tankers that U.S. officials called the "dark fleet." Illegal imports accounted for up to a third of the Mexican diesel and gasoline market... Source
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