At least six companies under investigation for various irregularities linked to the huachicol fiscal scheme have secured multimillion-dollar contracts with federal government agencies, including the Ministry of the Navy (Semar), Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), the National Water Commission (Conagua), and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
The names of the companies involved in the import, sale, and distribution of hydrocarbons appear in criminal case 325/2025, which resulted in arrest warrants for 13 individuals, including the detained Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, nephew-in-law of former Navy Secretary Rafael Ojeda Durán.
The investigation by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) accuses several energy sector companies of irregularities that could be linked to various illicit conduct. Based on this list, EL UNIVERSAL reviewed the public procurement portals of the federal government and various state authorities.
Among the identified companies is Constructora y Perforadora Latina S.A. de C.V., which, according to official records, has been leasing drilling rigs to Pemex for at least 11 years.
In the criminal case, it is named as part of a commercial network operating with Galem Energy, a company accused of importing fuel into Mexican ports without documents proving its origin.
In 2022, Constructora y Perforadora Latina obtained a contract to lease an offshore drilling rig with the capacity to drill up to 30,000 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract, awarded by Pemex’s Exploration Services Contracting Department, was valued at $57.6 million and was valid until December 2023.
This company has also obtained multiple authorizations from the Ministry of the Navy (Semar) to remain in national waters with its two drilling platforms: La Santa María and Covadonga.
Another company mentioned in the criminal case is the Sinaloa-based company Abastecedora de Combustibles del Pacífico S.A. de C.V., which held a contract with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to supply marine diesel to the oceanographic vessel El Puma between June 2022 and June 2024. The agreement contemplated the supply of between 400,000 and 900,000 liters of diesel, with a value ranging from 12 to 27 million pesos.
The criminal case alleges that Abastecedora de Combustibles del Pacífico S.A. de C.V. was included in the investigation because its hydrocarbon import permit was revoked for violations of the Hydrocarbons Law.
However, Abastecedora de Combustibles del Pacífico remains active as a provider of various services to the National Port System Administrations, state-owned companies coordinated by the Navy.
The company is authorized as a fuel supplier in the ports of Mazatlán and Topolobampo, in Sinaloa, as well as in Manzanillo, Colima, and also provides fuel transportation services in the port of Guaymas, Sonora.
In the ports of Tabasco, the company Maquiladora de Lubricantes S.A. de C.V. has two authorizations from the Navy to provide collection, transportation, and disposal of hydrocarbon waste and garbage at Frontera port facilities. The company is authorized to provide these services until January 2029. Previously, between September 2018 and September 2024, Maquiladora de Lubricantes held the same authorization to provide the service at the port of Dos Bocas, Tabasco.
Maquiladora de Lubricantes is named in the criminal case for purchasing fuel from a network of companies accused of using false documents to import hydrocarbons into Mexico.
Also named in the criminal case is Comercializadora de Combustible Gutasa S.A. de C.V., which in 2019 was awarded a direct contract from Conagua for the supply of 500,000 liters of diesel for a total of 9.8 million pesos. The purchase was authorized by the Water Basin Authority of the Valley of Mexico, which purchased the diesel at a price of 16.9 pesos per liter.
Another company highlighted in the investigation is Ecocarburante S.A. de C.V., which provided 27 million liters of diesel for the construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport through a contract with the Ministry of National Defense.
Comercializadora de Combustible Gutasa and Ecocarburante S.A. de C.V. are also part of Galem Energy’s sales network, according to the criminal case.
The Chihuahua state government has twice contracted another company implicated in the fuel theft scheme, Energética Carvel S.A. de C.V. This company supplied gasoline vouchers to the state government in December 2019, and in February 2023, it provided diesel for heating at state facilities.
Source: eluniversal
