With fentanyl trade targeted by Trump, cartels move to oil smuggling

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico shared a map of the route that the cartels allegedly use to smuggle the fuel and crude oil that they steal from Mexican Petroleum (Pemex) to make billions of dollars in profits.According to information revealed by the Treasury Department, he pointed out that much of the 'huachicol' has as its main destination Texas, however, the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), which would be behind the operation, uses the borde…

By Karol Suárez, CNN en Español A US family is facing federal charges for allegedly leading a network of illegal crude oil imports from Mexico to the United States, using their company and falsified documents to evade customs controls, according to court documents reviewed by CNN. The indictment, filed by the Department of Justice in the Southern District of Texas, names James Jensen, his wife Kelly Anne Jensen and their sons Maxwell and Zachary…

With fentanyl trade targeted by Trump, cartels move to oil smuggling

American businesses are profiting from stolen Mexican oil, then funneling funds back to Mexico, the Treasury said.

Treasury Targets Crude Oil Smuggling by Mexican Cartels: Key Takeaways for Energy Companies | Miller & Chevalier

Publications khospital3 Tue, 05/06/2025 - 16:31 Featured Off Alert Type International Alert Include Disclaimer On Date 05.06.2025 Description On May 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took significant steps in President Trump's ongoing campaign against Mexican cartels, with actions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) intended to target crude oil smuggling schemes (known …

Donald Trump's administration, composed of a national security team that prioritizes the fight against cartels, connected the points of the fiscal huachicol with the operations of the country's main criminal organizations

MIAMI- An anomalous banking tip in the United States uncovered a complex network of crude oil smuggling stolen from Pemex. What started as a routine investigation by the Criminal Investigation Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Texas ended up uncovering binational “huachicoleo” networks under the command of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), the Sinaloa Cartel and the Gulf Cartel, with front companies in which Americ…