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VIDEOS: Gulf Cartel Dumps Fuel Loads near Texas Border over Protection Fee
Gulf Cartel gunmen carjacked over a dozen tractor-trailers and forced their drivers to dump thousands of gallons of fuel. The gunmen attacked the truck over non-payment of protection fees to the criminal organization.
The attacks have been underway for several days. However, it has been largely kept quiet by government officials in Tamaulipas. Breitbart Texas obtained a series of videos where Gulf Cartel gunmen claim that the fuel dumping resulted from disrespecting the criminal organization by not paying for the right to move through their turf.
During the week, gunmen from the Escorpiones faction of the Gulf Cartel began stopping tractor-trailers loaded with fuel that had crossed from Texas into Mexico. The gunmen moved those vehicles to a dirt road near the highway, where they lined them up and forced the drivers to dump the fuel they were carrying.
Despite thousands of gallons of fuel being dumped, Matamoros city officials kept the issue quiet and did not issue any security alerts nor close any roads. Tamaulipas Governor Americo Villarreal has not commented about the fuel theft and is constantly trying to minimize the raging violence in his state. Breitbart Texas reported that the politician had funds and logistical help from various criminal organizations, including the Gulf Cartel, during his electoral run.
Sources within Tamaulipas law enforcement revealed they responded to the rural areas near Matamoros to recover the tractor-trailers the gunmen had taken. State agents, with the help of the Mexican Army, were able to recover the stolen vehicles and rescue the truck drivers.
The Gulf Cartel in Matamoros is heavily involved in the theft, sale, and distribution of fuel in their turfs. Additionally, the Gulf Cartel has been extorting most businesses in the region, demanding protection fees to let them operate.
In border cities, businesses often purchase fuel in Texas at a lower cost and cross it into Mexico instead of buying it from corrupt government sources. However, there have been cases where fuel is crossed into Mexico through ports of entry with doctored documents to pay lower taxes.
Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to Mexico City and the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and their original Spanish. This article was written by “Francisco Morales” and “J.C. Sanchez” from Tamaulipas.
DELUSIONAL: Mexican President Claims Fuel Truckers Safe Despite Cartel Attacks, Extortions
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed that his government has been protecting truckers for a long time in the border state of Tamaulipas and that they are safe. The comment comes just days after the Gulf Cartel carjacked more than 15 tractor-trailers and forced the drivers to dump the fuel they were carrying for not having paid protection.
During his morning news conference, Lopez Obrador blamed news organizations and conservatives for a series of videos that showed gunmen from the Escoriones faction of the Gulf Cartel lining up the carjacked tractor-trailers and forcing the drivers to dump thousands of gallons of fuel. As Breitbart Texas reported, the gunmen recorded their actions and leaked the videos while claiming the carjackings had been carried out because the drivers had not paid protection fees.
Cartel Chronicles“We have always been protecting them in Tamaulipas,” Lopez Obrador said. “We have been there to protect them, so they don’t make them buy stolen fuel or smuggled, and we are acting with the Defense Secretariat and the National Guard. But this is also a lot of propaganda from the conservatives and the news media.”
According to the Mexican president, his administration focused on fighting fuel theft and its underground distribution, which he claimed was not done in previous administrations.
Lopez Obrador did not mention that several members of his party, including current Tamaulipas Governor Americo Villarreal, had their campaigns paid in part with money from the underground fuel market. As Breitbart Texas reported, many organized crime connections became public following the 2021 murder of Sergio Carmona — a fuel theft mogul who was one of the biggest campaign contributors to members of the MORENA party. Since then, various political figures directly accused Villarreal and other MORENA party members of working with fuel theft organizations and drug cartels, Breitbart Texas reported.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.
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