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Senate Maritime Panel Plans Working Meeting With Navy Chief on Fuel-Theft Fight

Leaders cast the encounter as a dialogue rather than a hearing to guide legislative support for naval security efforts.

Overview

  • Carlos Lomelí, the Morena senator who chairs the Maritime Commission, said the panel will meet in the coming days with Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles to address pending bills and hydrocarbon theft.
  • Lomelí said he will first confer with the Navy undersecretary to set the date, emphasizing a working dialogue rather than a formal comparecencia.
  • The commission has not held a session since June, and its leadership plans to review and clear the legislative backlog.
  • Lomelí pledged transparency and zero impunity regarding what he called hydrocarbon theft, praising the Navy secretary’s Sept. 16 speech for assuming responsibility and committing to openness.
  • Recent context includes SSPC’s announcement earlier this month of 14 arrests tied to fuel theft, including businessmen, former customs officials and marines, among them two nephews of former Navy chief Rafael Ojeda.