Overview
- State police on patrol stopped a 40,000‑liter tanker on a dirt road, which led them to a clandestine storage property in Santa Rosa Jáuregui along Paseo de la República near Federal Highway 57.
- Authorities estimate the site held more than 565,000 liters of presumptively illicit hydrocarbons stored without permits or safety measures.
- Inside the facility, officers found 540 one‑thousand‑liter containers, 172 fifty‑liter jerrycans, seven 80,000‑liter tanks, and metal hoppers apparently used for handling or processing fuel.
- The tanker’s driver was detained at the scene and turned over to federal authorities as part of the ongoing investigation.
- Officials describe the haul as among the largest in the state in recent years, and investigators are probing whether the location served as a transfer hub linked to Bajío trafficking routes.