Federal Prosecutor Fired as Doubts Grow over Mexico’s ‘Largest-Ever’ Fuel-Trafficking Bust
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Mexico City, Sep 25 (EFE).- The Government of Mexico confirmed this Friday the dismissal of the delegate of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) in the state of Guanajuato, Francisco Vera Ayala, for "anomalías" in the confiscation of more than 59 million liters of fuel. The Mexican Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, [...] The entry Mexico dismisses a delegate of the Prosecutor's Office for anomalies in a fuel seizure was first pub…
Federal prosecutor fired as doubts grow over Mexico’s ‘largest-ever’ fuel-trafficking bust
The September 17 announcement of the seizure of 59 million liters of stolen fuel was presented as a major blow against crime, but it turns out that there may not have been any stolen fuel or any crime.
The delegate of the FGR in Guanajuato, Juan Francisco Vera, was removed from office after the detection of anomalies in the operation that led to the alleged confiscation of 59 million fiscal huachicol fuel, Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, confirmed. “He was dismissed because the Attorney General of the Republic and the team of the Attorney General of the Republic found certain anomalies in this operation,” he …
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo avoided delving into the probable pitia for the operation in which 59 million liters of fuel were secured in a warehouse in Guanajuato, a fact that was described by the authorities as a “historical confiscation”.
The 59 million liters seized were presumed last week as a big blow against the huachicol, but since then there have been questions about how many will finally be illegal hydrocarbons
Juan Francisco Vera leaves the FGR in Guanajuato in the middle of the investigation for the confiscation of almost 60 million liters of fuel
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