Utah Family Conspired With Jalisco Cartel in Cross-Border Fuel Scheme, Indictment Says

The Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) expanded its ‘tentacles’ to oil trafficking across the border, because according to an investigation in the United States, there are two Americans detained by ‘huachicoleo’ in Texas. It’s about James and Maxwell Jensen, father and son, who lived in Utah, United States, and who were charged by the U.S. authorities for associating with the Mexican cartel to sell stolen fuel. How did the sale of ‘huachicol…

Utah Family Conspired With Jalisco Cartel in Cross-Border Fuel Scheme, Indictment Says

A Utah family has been arrested and indicted on federal charges in connection with a scheme to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars in crude oil from Mexico into the United States

The U.S. Attorney's Office denounced two Utah businessmen for partnering with the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) to traffic "huachicol" from Mexico into U.S. territory through its oil companies. According to the complaint filed last Thursday against James and Maxwell Jensen, father and son, "conspired consciously and agreed together to give material and resource support, that is, United States money to the CJNG, which was designated as a…

Punto y Coma MX The operations included 2,881 illegal shipments between May 2022 and March 2025.A network headed by the Jensen family, based in Utah, washed more than $47 million to the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) through the trafficking of stolen crude oil from Mexico to Texas, according to formal accusations by the U.S. government. The operations, carried out through family businesses, included 2,881 illegal shipments between May 20…

Utah Oil Family Are First US Citizens to Face Terrorism Support Charges in CJNG Fuel Theft Scheme Worth $300 Million

"Socalj" for Borderland BeatA wealthy Utah family between May 2022 and March 2025, managed to cross into the United States some $300 million in crude oil, and they managed to launder at least $47 million of it for CJNG linked businesses.They now face an additional charge: providing material support to a terrorist organization. The Jensens face charges including material support to a foreign terrorist organization, fuel trafficking, and conspirac…