Sener detects 8,824 million liters of fuel without traceability in 2025

The Ministry of Energy (Sener) detected on October 21, 2026 an imbalance of 8,824 million liters of fuel whose traceability could not be verified during 2025, a volume with an estimated value of 61,700 million pesos, according to figures presented by its head, Luz Elena González Escobar, at the conference of President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The commercialization segment accounted for 72% of the inconsistencies and gas stations for 13%, according to the same presentation. Sener cross-checked purchase and sales invoices closed during the fiscal year, and the imbalances identified can no longer be modified. The figure sizes the flow of gasoline and diesel circulating outside the registered chain, a relevant matter for the region because the traceability of Mexican fuels determines how much volume is counted in trade with refineries and exporting ports of the U.S. Gulf. The link where the most irregularities occur is the commercialization chain, with 6,352 million liters without traceability in 2025, equivalent to 44,468 million pesos, reported Expansión.

The enforcement results presented also include 2,539 people detained, 5,572 units seized among tankers, tank trucks and tanker trucks, 173.7 million liters of fuel confiscated, and the cancellation of 264 commercialization and retail permits, with another 307 in the sanction process. On imports, the Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons, Juan José Vidal Amaro, announced the recovery of 1,952 million liters that were intended to enter the country illegally, with a value of 13,664 million pesos. González Escobar stated that identifying these inconsistencies is a first step, and that it is now known which importer, marketer, distributor and gas station sells fuel without an origin declared in its invoices.

The agenda ahead is regulatory: authorities are evaluating changes to reduce the role of fuel marketers or limit their operations, among them that importers sell directly to carriers. On the state side, the governor of Guanajuato, Libia Dennise García, told Milenio that the state has been reviewing, before Pemex, the invoices and traceability of tankers on federal highways for about a month. The evolution of that enforcement and the expected regulatory text are the points to watch.

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