Tamaulipas Police Recover 420,000 Liters of Diesel Stolen from Pemex Latin American Herald Tribune
go to original October 9, 2014

MEXICO CITY – Security forces in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas have recovered more than 420,000 liters (110,960 gallons) of diesel stolen from state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos’ pipelines, authorities said.

The Tamaulipas Coordination Group, made up of state and federal security forces, said in a statement that the fuel was recovered in three separate operations.

The first occurred on Sept. 25 in the town of Altamira, where authorities seized four tanker trucks used to store the stolen fuel and a tractor-trailer and arrested one suspect.

A day later, a second operation on the Tampico-El Mante highway led to the arrest of the driver of a tractor-trailer that was towing a tanker truck containing 30,000 liters of diesel stolen from a Pemex pipeline.

The most recent operation occurred on Oct. 4 at a residence in the town of Madero, where authorities seized 396,375 liters of stolen diesel, 13 tanker trucks and two cargo trucks.

Pemex says fuel theft results in financial losses totaling some $5 billion annually.

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