Overview

• Federal authorities detained 14 suspects linked to a huachicol fiscal network, including Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, along with three businessmen, five active sailors, one retired sailor and five former customs officials.
• Security officials said recent operations in Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Mexico City executed arrest orders stemming from the March seizure in Tampico of 10 million liters of diesel.
• Investigators describe a scheme that misdeclared diesel as additives or other inputs to enter under temporary permits without taxes, with a protected witness alleging bribes of 1.75 million pesos per vessel to allow illicit unloading.
• Prosecutors and financial authorities reported 20 bank accounts blocked and ongoing asset tracing, with U.S. cooperation to match export records from refiners to Mexican imports.
• Officials said more than 200 additional arrest warrants have been sought as the case moves toward judicialization, and President Claudia Sheinbaum pledged zero impunity as further actions are prepared.