US EditionMexican Authorities Seize More than 3 Million Liters of Stolen Fuel
- On Thursday, authorities in Tabasco recovered over 3 million liters of fuel that had been stored illegally, continuing their efforts to combat smuggling activities.
- The seizure follows persistent theft from Pemex pipelines and smuggling through false import classifications to evade taxes across Mexico.
- Officials secured 1.5 million liters in two Tabasco raids and 10 million liters in Tamaulipas from a U.S. ship that arrived weeks earlier.
- On Thursday, Mexico's security cabinet announced the confiscation of 18 vehicles, three machines, and 3,904 metal containers filled with petroleum-based hydrocarbons.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum explained that traceability systems track fuel imports from origin to sale to combat theft and illegal trade.
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By CNN en Español Mexican authorities recovered more than three million liters of hydrocarbons in Tabasco, in the southeast of the country, the government reported Thursday. In an operation involving agents from the Ministries of Defense and Navy, the Attorney General's Office (FGR), the National Guard, the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, as well as personnel from Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the police, civil protection, and firefi…
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Arizona Daily SunMexican authorities seize more than 3 million liters of stolen fuel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities said they seized more than 3 million liters (792,516 gallons) of illegally stored fuel at a property in the country's southeast state of Tabasco, the latest in a string of major fuel-related seizures across the…
More than 3 million liters of huachicol was secured in Tabasco, following a joint operation between federal and local authorities to combat fuel theft.The action took place in a site of the Plátano and Cacao ranchery, in the municipality of Centro, on the Gulf Coast Highway, Cárdenas-Villahermosa, where 18 vehicles, three heavy machinery equipment and almost 4,000 containers were also seized.
The federal security cabinet reported that 3 million 123 thousand 200 litres of hydrocarbons of illicit origin, known as huachicol, were recovered after carrying out a search warrant in the municipality of Centro, Tabasco, as a result of intelligence and research work by different units.
Cd. of Mexico.- State and federal authorities secured in Tabasco more than 3 million liters of huachicol in a site where 18 vehicles and almost 4 thousand containers were found. The operation was carried out in a land located on the Coastal Highway of the Gulf, Cárdenas- Villahermosa, on the borders with Veracruz towards Coatzacoalcos. In a statement, the Security Cabinet specified that, following lines of investigation, the security agents loca…
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