Mexico’s Navy confiscates 10 million liters of diesel, weapons, vehicles and documents

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Mar.2025, Words: 206) — A special joint operation carried out at the port of Tampico, Tamaulipas, within the framework of Mexico’s national security strategy, resulted in the seizure of 10 million liters of diesel, as well as weapons, vehicles and documents.

The confiscation is “a historic blow to illicit hydrocarbon trafficking,” Mexico’s Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) said 31 Mar. 2025 in an official statement.