Washington links the Jensen family to the CJNG leadership in charge of fuel theft

"The trial of the Jensen family in the United States has shed more light on the criminal scheme that allowed thousands of shipments of crude oil stolen from Pemex, Mexico's state-owned oil company, to be smuggled into the country. U.S. security agencies are collaborating with a protected witness who acted as an intermediary between the Jensens and leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), whom the Treasury Department identifies as the masterminds behind the theft and smuggling of hydrocarbons in Mexico, known as huachicol."

"The Trump administration accuses the Jensens not only of smuggling crude oil into the U.S. disguised as other substances to evade taxes, but also of money laundering and financing a terrorist criminal organization, a category Trump used to classify a dozen cartels, one of them being the CJNG, led by Nemesio El Mencho Oseguera. The Jensens' defense claims there is no evidence that they knew they were dealing with the transnational criminal organization, as their only proven contact was with the broker."

U.S. security agencies are collaborating with a protected witness identified as CI-1 who acted as an intermediary between the Jensens and leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The Jensens face expanded charges including illegal importation of 4,170 shipments of Pemex crude between January 2018 and January 2025, falsely declared as waste or distillates. Authorities allege the material was transported to Arroyo Terminals LLC containers in Rio Hondo, Texas, and generated approximately $300 million in profits. Additional counts include money laundering and financing a designated terrorist criminal organization. Two family members were released with conditions while the patriarch and a son remain prominent defendants.

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