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The Other Oil War: Inside the Cartels’ Multi-Billion Dollar Fuel Industry
William B. Lipscomb25 July 2026
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- Mexico's cartels have built a multi-billion dollar illegal fuel industry—huachicol—that has become their second-largest revenue stream and now threatens energy security across North America.
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Fuel theft has become the cartels' second-biggest business — draining billions from Mexico's treasury, seeping into US supply chains, and outpacing every…
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