Overview
- In Villagrán, Guanajuato, authorities secured 50,000 liters of hydrocarbon from five buried containers of roughly 10,000 liters each at a clandestine storage site that posed explosion and contamination risks.
- The Guanajuato deployment operated under the CONFIA strategy after a citizen report to the C5i system about a strong fuel odor on a dirt road.
- In Veracruz, the FGR carried out simultaneous searches in Moloacán and Tuxpan, seizing 3,360 liters at the first site and 700 liters at the second.
- Investigators also secured a tractor‑trailer, a mini‑excavator and multiple vehicles at the Veracruz properties, which were placed under federal control.
- SEDENA, the Navy, the National Guard and local and state police provided perimeter security, and officials urged anonymous reports of fuel crimes via 089.