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Mexico Escalates Fuel-Contraband Crackdown With 102 Cases, U.S. Data-Sharing Pact

Officials say the crackdown is lifting customs receipts by about 22% in real terms.

México intensifica la lucha contra el huachicol fiscal. La SHCP ya presentó 102 querellas por $16,000 mdp, mientras que el gobierno anunció un acuerdo con Estados Unidos para intercambiar información y combatir de manera conjunta la entrada ilegal de gasolina.
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Overview

  • The Procuraduría Fiscal has filed 102 complaints with the FGR since April 2023 alleging roughly 16 billion pesos tied to illicit hydrocarbons schemes.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum announced an agreement with U.S. counterparts to exchange gasoline export data to detect illegal fuel entering Mexico.
  • Finance Secretary Edgar Amador Zamora pledged no impunity and emphasized the issue as hydrocarbons contraband rather than the colloquial huachicol fiscal.
  • SHCP projects 2025 customs revenue of about 1.392 trillion pesos, far above earlier sexennial averages, which the agency links to anti-contraband actions.
  • Prior reports indicated Navy personnel were linked to port-related legal proceedings in the case, highlighting the investigation’s institutional reach.