U.S. Fuel Trader Investigated Over Alleged Cartel-Linked Smuggling

Fuente: International Business Times

Ikon Midstream reportedly shipped diesel and naphtha that were allegedly classified in customs paperwork as lubricants, a category that can avoid steep Mexican fuel import duties. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images A Texas-based fuel trader is under investigation in the United States and Mexico after documents allegedly showed a paper trail linking fuel shipments to a smuggling scheme tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels.