Mexico disables 166 clandestine hydrocarbon intakes in 2025

Coordinated operations dismantle fuel theft network in multiple states, with record numbers in 2025.

Federal operations against hydrocarbon theft

An inter-institutional deployment led by the Secretary of the Navy (Semar) and Pemex Physical Security managed to neutralize 14 clandestine intakes in July, located in the Puebla municipalities of Huauchinango and Ahuazotepec. At the same time, the Security Cabinet reported the location of 15 additional illegal points between August 1 and 3, distributed in Coahuila, Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro and Jalisco. These actions bring the total number of deactivated infrastructures during 2025 to 166, according to official data.

Economic and operational impact

July 30 marked a milestone in the strategy against huachicol, with the seizure of 39,000 liters of fuel, two tank trucks and extraction equipment in León, Guanajuato. The intervention arose after anomalous chemical emissions were detected in the Ejido Pompa, a risk that justified a search warrant supported by forensic evidence. The seized materials, including the property used for storage, were sent to the Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) for legal processing.

RelatedThey seize more than a million liters of hydrocarbons during operations in Tabasco

This multidisciplinary operation involved the Sedena, National Guard and SSPC, evidencing the coordination between armed forces and civil organizations. Analysts point out that the methodology used – based on territorial intelligence and vapor detection technology – reflects a systemic approach to attack not only the seizures, but the logistical networks behind organized crime.

Historical context and persistent challenges

The theft of hydrocarbons represents an annual loss estimated at 7,000 million dollars for Mexico, according to calculations by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO). Despite the progress, the adaptability of criminal groups—which resort to techniques such as underground tunnels or connections camouflaged in legal pipelines—maintains the phenomenon as a national security challenge. Experts highlight the need to modernize Pemex’s infrastructure with flow sensors and real-time geolocation systems.

The case of Guanajuato illustrates the complexity of the problem: the seized tank trucks had apocryphal documentation, which suggests infiltration into legitimate transportation chains. This modality, known as “corporate huachicol”, requires reinforced audits of contractors and stricter regulations in distribution centers.

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CNTE raises a sit-in after 20 days of protest in the Zócalo

The dissident teachers left losses of 410 million pesos and freed up spaces in the Historic Center.

End of the CNTE sit-in

The National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) ended its national strike this Saturday. For 20 days, the mobilizations and the camp in the Historic Center of Mexico City generated losses of more than 410 million pesos to established businesses, according to sector estimates.

Although it did not achieve the repeal of the ISSSTE Law of 2007 or the repeal of the educational reform, the CNTE obtained commitments, financial resources, places, recategorizations and support for education workers in several states.

The leaders assured that the withdrawal is not a defeat. They advanced a stage of reorganization to strengthen the movement and prepare new actions. They insisted that the federal government did not present a proposal to eliminate the ISSSTE Law of 2007 or to reverse the educational reform, demands that will remain in force.

Starting this Monday, around 1.4 million students who remained without classes will be able to return to classrooms in the entities where the CNTE had suspended activities.

Space release

Public space has been gradually freed up. Cleaning workers from the Government of Mexico City removed garbage in streets such as 5 de Mayo, Belisario Domínguez, 20 de Noviembre and República de Cuba. In some areas, the withdrawal was almost total; In others there were still tarps and tents.

A teacher from section 34 of Zacatecas declared: > “We are going to clean it, don’t say that we are going to leave it dirty.”

Merchants expressed relief at the departure of the teaching profession. A worker at the La Blanca restaurant, on May 5, commented: > “It’s good that they’re leaving, it was a very hard month; here we had like a 90% drop in customers.”

A snow seller on the same street indicated that they expected higher sales with the FIFA Fan Fest in the Zócalo, but the arrival of the CNTE reduced their income by 50%.

For his part, the Secretary of Education, Mario Delgado, rejected that the government had “bribed” Section 22 of Oaxaca to hold the sit-in.

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Five deaths in bars in CDMX during the early hours of the morning

Two attacks in bars in the capital leave five dead and six arrested.

The early morning left two violent episodes in different parts of the capital

A man lost his life from gunshots outside a bar located in Plaza Garibaldi, Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office. According to the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), the victim was attacked directly in the Lázaro Cárdenas Central Axis and the Republic of Honduras. After the attack, he ran inside the establishment, where he died.

The suspects fled in a gray car, but later returned to the scene along with a blue truck and a subject on a scooter. Agents approached and, after a search, they found packages with one and a half kilos of marijuana and a firearm. They were arrested.

In another incident, an alleged fight inside a bar in the Álvaro Obregón mayor’s office left four people dead and two arrested. One of them was taken to a hospital injured.

Data from the SSC indicate that several people began arguing inside the establishment, in the San Bartolo Ameyalco neighborhood. One of the subjects pulled out a firearm and shot several people. The detainees were placed at the disposal of the authorities.

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Rita Cetina Scholarship will benefit 9 million students

Claudia Sheinbaum begins delivery of cards for uniforms and supplies in Tijuana.

Start up in Tijuana

President Claudia Sheinbaum led the start of the Rita Cetina Scholarship card delivery in Tijuana, Baja California. The subsidy covers uniforms and school supplies for public elementary students.

The program plans to benefit nearly 9 million students nationwide. The support will be dispersed from August through the Banco del Bienestar.

Support details

Sheinbaum recalled that this scholarship complements other programs of the Fourth Transformation: the scholarship for secondary school, the Benito Juárez for high school and the Gertrudis Bocanegra for higher education. The objective is to reduce the financial impact of registration, footwear and materials at the beginning of the school year.

The Secretary of Public Education, Mario Delgado Carrillo, pointed out that more than half a million students in Baja California will receive some federal stimulus. He also encouraged parents to enroll their children in the “Live Healthy, Live Happy” program, which offers nutritional counseling, dental care and free glasses.

The national coordinator of Scholarships for Wellbeing, Julio César León Trujillo, explained that 291,036 primary school students will be added to the 292,392 current scholarship recipients in the state in August. Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda and a beneficiary student thanked the extension of this social right, which strengthens the family economy and school permanence.

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