Authorities seize 100+ tank trucks, 82,000 liters of stolen fuel in Veracruz bust

Federal authorities person dealt a large stroke to an illicit substance strategy successful Veracruz, seizing much than 100 vessel trucks arsenic good arsenic implicit 82,000 liters of petroleum products.

The Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) announced the bust successful a statement past Thursday, reporting that 149 vehicles, 25 containers, 17 retention tanks and 82,200 liters of hydrocarbons were seized oregon secured astatine 4 properties successful Minatitlán, location to Mexico’s oldest lipid refinery. No arrests were reported.

#FGR integra carpeta de investigación por la probable comisión del delito de posesión ilícita de hidrocarburo, luego del cumplimiento de cuatro órdenes de cateo en el municipio de Minatitlán, Veracruz, donde se aseguraron un full de 149 vehículos, 25 contenedores, 17 tanques de… pic.twitter.com/wkVtbVBvSZ

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The FGR said that it had begun an probe into “the probable committee of the transgression of amerciable possession of hydrocarbons.”

It noted that the FGR, the army, the National Guard and authorities constabulary were progressive successful the operations that resulted successful the seizure of the vehicles, containers, tanks and fuel.

In a headline, the paper El Universal described the Veracruz bust arsenic the dismantling of a “megarred de huachicoleo” (mega huachicol, oregon substance theft, network).

The 4 raids 

Authorities seized 52,200 liters of substance astatine the archetypal spot they raided, according to the FGR. At the aforesaid property, they seized 66 vehicles, including 36 vessel trucks, arsenic good arsenic substance containers and retention tanks.

At the 2nd property, authorities seized 66 further vehicles, including 59 vessel trucks, arsenic good arsenic substance retention tanks.

Fifteen vehicles, including 10 vessel trucks, arsenic good arsenic substance retention tanks, were seized astatine the 3rd spot that was raided successful Minatitlán, located successful confederate Veracruz inland from the Gulf seashore larboard metropolis of Coatzacoalcos.

At the 4th property, authorities seized 30,000 liters of substance arsenic good arsenic containers, tanks and 2 vehicles.

Minatitlán is location to the Lázaro Cárdenas Refinery, which was founded successful 1906, making it the oldest of Pemex’s 7 refineries successful Mexico.

Various petrochemical complexes besides run successful confederate Veracruz. As is the lawsuit successful assorted states of Mexico, substance theft — including via the perforation of Pemex pipelines — is simply a occupation successful Veracruz.

Earlier this month, the FGR reported that 4,060 liters of substance were seized successful raids of 2 properties successful Veracruz, 1 located successful the municipality of Moloacán, which borders Minatitlán, and the different successful Tuxpan, successful the northbound of the Gulf seashore state.

With reports from El Universal and El Financiero