A tanker truck from Mexico’s oil company, PEMEX, enters a refinery to load up on fuel in Tula, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on Jan. 11, 2018. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL), a Mexican cartel that derives most of its illicit revenue from oil and fuel theft operations, the Treasury said in a statement on Dec. 17.The department, said CSRL’s fuel theft operation is based in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato.
US Treasury Sanctions Mexican Cartel Over Fuel Theft
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