Overview

• ANAM disclosed 66 presumed cases of fuel tax evasion at northern customs, covering 3,485,085 liters with a declared value of 31,946,448 pesos.
• The detections span 50 cases during the López Obrador term and 16 in the first year of the current administration, with 37 cases concentrated in 2024 largely at Matamoros.
• ANAM acknowledged its system lacks a dedicated category for “huachicol fiscal,” warning that unregistered incidents would not appear in the data and indicating potential undercounting.
• Director Rafael Marín Mollinedo said operations this year have recovered nearly 200 billion pesos, with ongoing seizures of vessels and rail tankers and investigations into civilian and military officials.
• Authorities report weekly case-building with the FGR, support from federal security forces using drones, and risk-analysis sharing with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.