🚢💣 Tampico Port Admiral Fired Over Huge Fuel Smuggling Scandal Tied to Gulf Cartel
🚨👮♂️ 75-Year-Old Arrested with 70 Pounds of Cocaine at Texas-Mexico Border 💰🚨 Mexican Man Arrested for Smuggling $360K in Gulf Cartel Cash
🚨👮♂️ 75-Year-Old Arrested with 70 Pounds of Cocaine at Texas-Mexico Border
Rhyma Castillo, The San Antonio Express News.- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials seized nearly $1 million worth of cocaine from a 75-year-old man attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The seizure occurred on May 9 at the Del Rio International Bridge. The man, a Mexican citizen, was driving a Chevrolet Captiva flagged for secondary inspection. Officers discovered a hidden compartment in the vehicle's seats, containing 32 packages of cocaine, totaling 69.71 pounds. The narcotics are estimated to be worth $930,766. Texas Department of Public Safety officers have arrested the man and are conducting a criminal investigation.
💰🚨 Mexican Man Arrested for Smuggling $360K in Gulf Cartel Cash
Mark Reagan, The Monitor.- Francisco Javier Montalvo, a Mexican man, was arrested in Kleberg County on May 15, 2025, after authorities found $360,565 in cash hidden in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop. The money was destined for the Gulf Cartel in Reynosa, Mexico. Montalvo, who was stopped for speeding, admitted to smuggling the funds for the cartel and was aware of its origin. He is facing charges of bulk cash smuggling and is scheduled to appear in federal court in Corpus Christi.
🚢💣 Tampico Port Admiral Fired Over Huge Fuel Smuggling Scandal Tied to Gulf Cartel
Carlos Manuel Juárez, Elefante Blanco*- The Mexican Navy announced the dismissal of Admiral Rubén Alfonso Vargas Suárez as the Director of the Tampico Port Authority (Asipona) after a large-scale fuel smuggling operation was uncovered. The operation involved a ship that unloaded 10 million liters of diesel, misrepresented as additives, at the port. Authorities intervened in the seizure, marking it as the largest fuel tax fraud operation in Mexico’s history. The firing is the latest in a series of high-level dismissals at the port, including officials with ties to the Gulf Cartel. The new port director, Vice Admiral Jaime Herrera Romo, brings expertise in national security and intelligence to restore order. The investigation is ongoing, and new connections to organized crime, including the CJNG, are emerging as more arrests unfold.
We wrongly attributed this story to another outlet. The correct one is Elefante Blanco, a digital media based inTampico, Tamaulipas.