In recent days, Mexican federal authorities raided a truck yard near Saltillo, Coahuila, where authorities seized numerous trucks, trailers, fuel pumps, and containers that had more than two million liters of illegal fuel. In a series of public statements, Mexico’s top security official, Omar Garcia Harfuch, revealed that the raids on the railyard in Coahuila were tied to a recent seizure of a fuel tanker in the border state of Tamaulipas, where authorities seized more than ten million liters of fuel.
Credit: Coahuila Public Security Secretariat
Mexican authorities revealed that CJNG has been working to expand its turf in border areas. The issue raised significant concerns in Coahuila, where historically, state authorities had managed to suppress the presence of cartel gunmen, Breitbart News Foundation reported.
The recent fuel seizures appear to be part of an ongoing investigation into fuel smuggling, driven by pressure from the U.S. government. This political and economic pressure prompted Mexico to crack down on CJNG operations. The issue comes at a time when Mexico’s ruling party, MORENA, has been widely accused of receiving campaign funding from illegal fuel theft and smuggling operations from organized crime.
According to information released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, CJNG has been smuggling fuel stolen from Mexico’s oil company Pemex into Texas and working with certain refineries to sell that fuel, Breitbart Texas revealed. The fuel is falsely declared as fuel waste as a means to circumvent authorities at ports of entry.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart News Foundation. He co-founded Breitbart News Foundation’s Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart News Foundation’s Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.
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