At least four thousand liters of fuel were seized in a field next to a gas station located on the Mérida-Tixkokob highway, and one person was detained in the operation against huachicoleros in Yucatán.
According to a preliminary report obtained by Punto Medio, 3,600 liters of gasoline and 400 liters of diesel were seized in drums and tanks.
Elements of different police corporations, both federal and state, participated in the search of a property next to the second gas station on the Mérida-Tixkokob highway, in what would be the second action in a day in the fight against huachicoleo in Yucatan.
It was learned that before going to the gas station, the police responded to an anonymous report at a Kanasín location, although it was not confirmed whether there were any detainees.
Then they moved to the gas station where they confiscated six tanks of up to a thousand liters of gasoline or diesel. This was documented in a live broadcast on social networks.
Staff of the National Army, Attorney General of the Republic, FGR (formerly PGR), SSP and elements of Physical Security of Petróleos Mexicanos participated in the operation.
The search and seizure took place at km. 2.5 of the aforementioned state highway.
It was not possible to confirm if the confiscated fuel belonged to the gas station, but the place served as a warehouse for the 8037 Service Station (Cualli-Gasomatic), according to Google Maps.
This operation was carried out a few days after the military of the 11th Infantry Battalion found a clandestine tap in a Pemex pipeline on the Mérida-Progreso highway, near the Tamanché police station.
Although from 2017 to date five of these pipeline taps have been detected in Yucatan, one of them, in which an explosion occurred a few months ago where two men who stole fuel died, the authorities deny that groups of huachicoleros operate in the state.
Recently the commander of the 32nd Military Zone, Andrés Fernando Aguirre O. Sunza, argued that there is no evidence to prove that these criminal groups exist in Yucatan.
Text: Esteban Cruz Obando
Photos: Courtesy
