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Mexico Clarifies No Official Tally for Fuel Tax Fraud, Sets Late‑October Database to Measure It

An interagency traceability system due late October will reconcile fuel production, imports, sales to establish an official loss figure.

Overview

  • Finance Secretary Édgar Amador Zamora said the historical total of querellas linked to fuel contraband and illegal invoicing stands at 16 billion pesos.
  • Officials clarified that the 16 billion pesos reflects multiple cases filed with the FGR over several years, not just the vessel seized in Altamira.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said a widely cited 600 billion peso number stemmed from a deputy’s statement and is not a consolidated government estimate.
  • Energy, Finance, Security, Pemex, Customs, Profeco, the Digital Transformation agency and the prosecutor’s office are building a single day‑by‑day fuel traceability database expected by month’s end.
  • SAT‑detected irregular import and transport operations remain under investigation, with coordination from the FGR and the Navy, as authorities pursue recovery of evaded revenue without new taxes.