Gas Pirates Plunder Pemex as Crime Wave Hits Southeast Mexico
Ruthless criminal groups and "huachicoleros," including cartels, are exploiting Pemex pipelines in southeastern Mexico, near the Mayan Train route, through widespread fuel theft, creating a dangerous and costly black market operation.
Mexico's glitzy new Mayan Train, touted as a tropical paradise express, is chugging along on tracks laid perilously close to a roaring black market fueled by... wait for it... stolen gasoline! While tourists snap selfies, ruthless cartels and grimy "huachicoleros" – local slang for pipeline pirates – are having a field day, siphoning off Mexico's precious fuel supply right under the noses of authorities.
Sources spill to The Mexicanist that this ain't just petty theft; it's a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise with tentacles reaching deep into the Yucatan Peninsula, a region usually known for ancient ruins and pristine beaches, not cartel turf wars over petrol. But wake up and smell the gas fumes! The states of Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo, the heart of the Mayan Train route, are the new hot spots for this low-key, high-profit crime.
