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FGR Dismantles Four Clandestine Fuel‑Processing Centers in Three States

The raids recovered about one million liters and industrial equipment and highlight how modular ‘mini‑refineries’ have allowed criminal networks to scale fuel theft while prosecutions lag.

Overview

  • Federal prosecutors led coordinated raids on two sites in San Luis Potosí, one in Tizayuca, Hidalgo, and one in Cuautla, Morelos that the FGR said it dismantled on Tuesday.
  • Authorities secured between 996,300 and 1,096,300 liters of petroliferous liquids, including an estimated 500,000–600,000 liters at a single San Luis Potosí warehouse.
  • Investigators seized large storage tanks, production lines, hundreds of containers, generators, machinery and documentation consistent with industrial fuel processing.
  • The FGR reported no arrests at the four sites and said forensic tests and open criminal investigations will seek to identify the operators and supply chains.
  • Officials and reporters note the raids follow a July 24 seizure in Reynosa of roughly 3.77 million liters and underscore a policy gap that lets commercially sold mini‑refinery equipment be imported and assembled quickly.