Overview

• Authorities say the March 19 seizure of the Challenge Procyon in Tampico with about 10 million liters of diesel led to 14 arrests, including a vice admiral and active marines.
• ASIPONA records show muelle fiscal 289 was concessioned in June 2020 to Tampico Terminal Marítima S.A. de C.V., identified in reports as linked to businessman Saúl Vera Ochoa.
• Adán Augusto López rejected any business or personal relationship with Vera and called the allegations disinformation after MCCI noted Vera had publicly backed his 2022 bid.
• Protected-witness testimony from former Tampico customs chief Alejandro Torres Joaquín alleges recurring bribes of 1.7 million pesos per vessel to permit unlawful dockings at muelle 289.
• U.S. Operation Muerte Líquida resulted in the arrests of James and Maxwell Jensen and the seizure of a Texas terminal, with prosecutors alleging mislabeled fuel shipments tied to the broader scheme.