He fuel smuggling, Known as fiscal huachicol, it is also given by the will frown on from Mexico to Guatemala already Beliceand has grown in recent years, promoted by the criminal networks of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel (CJNG).
Therefore, federal authorities track the participation of Customs agentsof Navieros, the routes and the companies that serve as a facade for the distribution and Sale of gasoline y diesel stolen both in Mexico and the United States, and distributed in Central American countries.
According to a safety cabinet report, criminal groups, together with employees of the State productive company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), customs and shipping companies, transport fuel in pipes after Port enclosures and in clandestine areas in the southeast of the country.
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Indicates that the Employee corruption of Pemex and the falsification of customs documents to facilitate the illegal transport of hydrocarbons increased the Fiscal Huachicol Trafficaffecting the economy in the border region of Mexico with Guatemala and Belize, where fuels are illegally at lower prices than in the service stations.
Similarly, it emphasizes that “although fiscal huachicol” is a mainly Mexican phenomenon, there are similar practices in other countries such as the United States, Guatemala, Belize, Paraguay, Argentina, Nigeria and Benin. In the cases of Mexico and the United States, he details, the Cross -border smuggling of fuel has led to operations between the two countries to combat this practice that causes great losses to the Energy sector
Currently, it is detected that drug cartels and their cells use various routes to Guatemala and Belize to transfer fiscal huachicol and other goods, which are going through agricultural areasmountainous and farms in order to evade police fences and the surveillance positions of the Armed forces.
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One of the most important is the route that connects the Suchiate river with Tecún Umán, Guatemala, where fuel and other goods in makeshift rafts; Although it is known that for some years the energy resource has moved from Chiapas to Guatemala and Belize in pipes and cargo trucks.
By the Mountain region of Huehuetenango-La Mesillathe entry of fuel or fiscal huachicol and other smuggling products are facilitated by numbers, without the presence of authorities that prevent those Illicit activities.
The authorities of Guatemala reported the existence of more than 100 blind steps in the departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos and Quiché, adjacent to Chiapas.
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It was also identified that smuggler They developed alternate routes that cross farms and plots on the southern coast of Guatemala, extending to departments such as Retalhuleu, Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán, with the aim of evading the Official controls.
It was also identified that members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel (CJNG) have established surveillance points on key roads, such as the one that connects the table with committeen, Chiapas, to control the flow of Illicit merchandise and charge the right to the smugglers.
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He Fiscal Huachicol Traffic and other merchandise from Mexico to Belize is carried out through agricultural areas, especially on the slopes of the Hondo River and cane areas, where dense vegetation and lack of police or military surveillance facilitate these Illicit activities.
For smuggling of products such as cigarettes, fast boats are used by Río Dulce, from where they are distributed to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, highlights the report of the report Federal Security Cabinet.
Last March, the Guatemala army reinforced surveillance at its border with Mexico to combat drug trafficking, weapons and migrants.
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He Foreign Ministry He also issued an alert to his citizens to take precautions when visiting or traveling along the border with Chiapas, whipped by the dispute between hitmen of the Sinaloa cartel and of Jalisco New Generation Cartel for the control of drug trafficking, migrants, weapons, fuels or Fiscal Huachicol and merchandise in that area.
Las Guatemalan diplomatic authorities They specified that Mexico is actively worked in a high -level binational group to strengthen the border security and protect people’s rights in a special and priority way, they said.
“Both nations share the commitment to deal with the challenges raised by the presence of criminal groups in the region, prioritizing measures that promote the security and well -being of the communities,” they said in the Guatemala Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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According to Guatemalan government reports, groups Mexican criminalsmainly the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation CartelThey have diversified their criminal activities, getting involved in the theft and smuggling of fuels towards their territory.
To achieve the above, they have established new routes, such as pedestrian, vehicular and aquatic crosses for their activities of Fuel smuggling and merchandise, actions that leave juicy profits that are financed and corrupted to authorities of all the Government levels.
Last February, when making various cateos, elements of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) They secured 884 liters of hydrocarbons of illicit origin in 12 points of clandestine sale In Chiapas.
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The operations were carried out after elements of the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) Improvised businesses detected where gasoline and diesel were sold and stored illegally and dangerously.
According to the FGR, 33 drums were seized with capacity for 20 liters, five drums with capacity for 10 liters, another 15 with capacity for five liters, a container for four liters, one for three liters, one more than two liters, as well as several drums.
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