Overview

• Procuraduría Fiscal chief Grisel Galeano said reported and investigated fuel tax-evasion schemes have inflicted roughly 600,000 million pesos in damage to the treasury.
• About 16,000 million pesos tied to the schemes are already the subject of formal complaints, with additional case files still being assembled for possible recoveries.
• 'Huachicol fiscal' relies on technical contraband that mislabels gasoline and diesel as other products to evade IEPS, VAT and income taxes, distinct from pipeline tapping.
• Recent detentions of Navy personnel and other officials followed major 2025 seizures, as U.S. agencies also stepped up actions in Texas and pursued charges linked to cross-border smuggling.
• Officials flagged the facilitating role of customs brokers in illicit flows, and separately reported billions in losses from fake-invoice networks that continue to strain public finances.