US EditionNational Guard Troops Caught Running a Fuel Heist in Guanajuato State
- Mexican authorities arrested 11 National Guard members last Saturday in Guanajuato for protecting a fuel theft operation.
- The arrests followed a 911 tip and local police response after discovering men tapping an underground Pemex pipeline.
- Fuel theft, known as huachicoleo, is a longstanding problem linked to drug cartels supplementing income through illicit fuel sales.
- Pemex loses about US $900,000 daily due to theft, while fuel smuggling and tax evasion cost Mexico roughly US $24 million each day.
- The incident could damage the National Guard’s credibility after it gained primary federal law enforcement duties under the López Obrador administration.
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11 Mexican Federal Cops Caught Guarding Cartel Fuel Theft Operations
Authorities in Mexico arrested 11 members of the country’s National Guard for protecting an alleged cartel fuel theft operation in Central Mexico. The arrest comes at a time when the U.S government has singled out the theft of fuel and its underground market as one of the biggest revenue makers for drug cartels in Mexico. The post 11 Mexican Federal Cops Caught Guarding Cartel Fuel Theft Operations appeared first on Breitbart.
National Guard troops caught running a fuel heist in Guanajuato state
Municipal police officers arrested 11 National Guard members on Saturday, apprehending them in the act of filling up a tanker truck with stolen fuel. Around midnight on Saturday, local authorities in Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, responded to a 911 call and found the suspects safeguarding a Pemex pipeline that was being tapped. National Guard troops presumably spend more time enforcing the law than breaking it. Shown here are members during an op…
11 National Guard Members Arrested for Alleged Smuggling of Huachicol in Guanajuato
The municipal police of Apaseo el Alto, a municipality in the state of Guanajuato, arrested 11 elements of the National Guard in the early morning of Sunday when they were caught guarding a tractor truck that was removing hydrocarbon from an illegal take a few meters from the road. Upon arriving at the place, very close to the Celaya-Palmillas macrolibration, some guards fled, while a lieutenant, two lieutenants and eight guards were guarded by …
11 Elements of GN Arrested for Huachicol
Apaseo el Alto, Gto., The police of Apaseo El Alto arrested 11 elements of the National Guard (GN) who allegedly participated in the fuel theft in the community El Espejo. In the Celaya-Palmillas liberation, the municipal authority found a pipe connected to a clandestine takeover, apparently guarded elements of the GN. The detainees were identified as Cristian, Daniel, Carlos, Erick, Miguel, Fernando, Julio, Brayan, Juan, Ivan and Joshua. In add…
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Aristegui Noticias11 Elements of the National Guard Arrested for Huachicol in Guanajuato
Municipal police of Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, arrested eleven elements of the National Guard (GN), who were surprised to extract fuel from a clandestine takeover of Mexican Petroleums (PEMEX).The capture of agents of the National Guard occurred around midnight on Saturday, May 24, in the community of El Espejo, in the municipality of Apaseo el Alto.Through an anonymous call to the 911 emergency system, the Municipal Police of Apaseo el Alto wa…
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