Overview

• The Secretariat of the Navy reported that 12 people entered the Olmeca refinery in four pickup trucks to remove ferrous material and were detained, with the suspects, vehicles and cargo handed to the Tabasco state prosecutor.
• Reforma reported that the trucks had already been loaded with kilos of iron when naval personnel intercepted them inside the complex.
• Semar characterized the incident as part of a pattern of illegal extractions at strategic sites, citing an October attempt to take 46,000 liters of fuel from the Dos Bocas maritime terminal.
• In a separate development, Semar allocated 9,242 million pesos for a Dos Bocas port expansion directly awarded to Pegsa Construcciones, with work underway and scheduled through December 2029 under supervision by Grupo Ignale Ingeniería.
• Pegsa has been flagged by the federal audit office for irregularities in prior projects, and coverage notes the refinery’s total cost at $20.959 billion, reported as 162% above the original estimate.