MEXICO CITY—The theft of $3 billion in fuel every year from Mexico’s state-run fuel depots and pipelines is an inside job, the country’s new president said Thursday. Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador suggested much of the stolen fuel left distribution centres aboard around 600 tanker trucks every day, carrying fuel worth about $10 million per day. “There is a hypothesis that of all the (fuel) thefts, only about 20 per cent is done by illegal pipeline taps,” Lopez Obrador said. A few dozen gasoline stations have been implicated in selling stolen fuel, but that also wouldn't account for enough sales volume. “If we’re talking about 600 tanker trucks per day, we’re not just talking about huachicol (adulterated fuel) pipeline thefts,” Lopez Obrador said.

Source: thestar December 29, 2018 04:52 UTC