"Over the course of three years, a U.S. family the Jensens illegally smuggled 2,881 shipments of crude oil from Mexico, disguising it as other substances to evade the appropriate customs duties. To sustain their illegal enterprise, which earned them $300 million, the Jensens received assistance from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), to which they paid a fee. In Mexico, what the Jensens did is known as huachicol fiscal or fuel tax evasion."
"What makes this case unusual is that it does not involve the type of traffickers who have recently dominated headlines in the Latin American country, where the government dismantled a large network of fuel thieves operating from the Navy in ports and border customs. Fuel trafficking typically follows a north-to-south route, from U.S. refineries especially in Texas to Mexico. Unexpectedly, the Jensens reversed the equation and amassed a fortune in just a few years."
"Their luck ended abruptly when U.S. authorities dismantled the family smuggling network. The family, originally from the state of Utah, consists of James Lael Jensen, the 68-year-old patriarch, considered a petroleum magnate in the United States; his wife, Kelly Anne; and their two sons, Maxwell Max Sterling, and Zachary Golden. All are charged by U.S. prosecutors with conspiracy to launder money and smuggle goods using false declarations."
Over three years the Jensen family illegally imported 2,881 shipments of crude oil from Mexico while declaring it as other substances to evade customs duties. The scheme earned approximately $300 million and involved payments to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The practice corresponds to huachicol fiscal, or fuel tax evasion, in Mexico. The operation reversed the usual north-to-south fuel trafficking flow. The family from Utah includes James Lael Jensen, his wife Kelly Anne, and sons Maxwell and Zachary. U.S. prosecutors charged them with conspiracy to launder money and smuggle goods using false declarations. The oil was routed to Arroyo Terminals LLC in Rio Hondo, Texas, and imports likely passed through Tamaulipas ports and customs.
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