Overview

• The agency has seized roughly 50 million liters of diesel fuel smuggled by rail, ship and tanker trucks over the past five months.
• A network of 14,000 cameras at the Electronic Data Processing Center has enabled targeted inspections at major border sites.
• A July 9 Saltillo operation uncovered 129 carrotankers carrying more than 15 million liters of undeclared diesel.
• Traffickers disguise shipments under tariff codes for chemical additives and often declare only a portion of transported fuel.
• Institutional reforms are underway with changes to customs directors and expanded training to modernize enforcement.