Stop Fueling Cartel Violence Act

Key Points

• Mexican cartels are stealing massive amounts of oil and gasoline from Mexico's state-owned energy company. This fuel theft has become their biggest source of money outside of the drug trade.
• The stolen fuel is often smuggled into the United States through Texas. Smugglers hide it by labeling it as waste oil or hazardous materials to get it past border inspectors.
• The money from these oil sales helps cartels fund their violent activities and the trafficking of dangerous drugs like fentanyl into American communities.
• This bill requires the Department of Defense to create a plan to stop this smuggling. It suggests using the same tools and surveillance currently used to track illegal drugs.
• The goal is to cut off the cartels' cash flow by making it harder for them to move stolen energy products across the border.

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