Morena deputy alleges Tamaulipas fuel-theft links
Original reporting: Infobae México
What happened
A Morena deputy tied allegations to a company connected to a major Reynosa hydrocarbon seizure.
Reporting and context
Morena deputy Sergio Gutiérrez Luna alleged that fuel theft in Tamaulipas began during the 2016-2022 administration of former governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca. Gutiérrez Luna made the allegation while discussing Maytrack S.A. de C.V., the owner of a Reynosa property where federal authorities said they seized 3.769 million liters of hydrocarbons on July 21.
According to the deputy, Maytrack received 208 million pesos in Tamaulipas government contracts between 2017 and 2019. He said documents he shared related to paving and road-maintenance work in several municipalities. The report attributes those assertions to Gutiérrez Luna and does not report a response from García Cabeza de Vaca in the article.
Mexico's Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat reported the Reynosa seizure included tanker trucks, storage tanks, pumps, generators, computers and surveillance equipment. The National Security Cabinet has reported four operations in Reynosa between March 29 and July 22 that together resulted in the seizure of about 7.31 million liters of hydrocarbons, according to the source report.