The sister of Óscar Guillermo Juraidini Silva, who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for serving as an operator for the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) in a fuel smuggling scheme, currently works as an official at the Matamoros Customs Office, where millions of liters of fuel were allegedly brought into Mexico illegally, according to an investigation by Iván Alamillo and Verónica Ayala for Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad (MCCI).
According to records from Nómina Transparente and Declaranet, Analee de Jesús Juraidini Silva has worked since August 2019 as Head of the Department of Procedures and Legal Affairs at the Matamoros Customs Office.
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It is the same position that, according to his own financial disclosures, Carlos Eugenio Benítez Orta held until 2022. Sources consulted by REFORMA said Benítez Orta facilitated the crossing of tanker trucks loaded with illicit fuel from Juraidini’s network through the Ignacio Zaragoza–Los Tomates international bridge while serving at the Matamoros Customs Office. Benítez Orta was arrested in Texas and extradited to Mexico in early June.
On June 30, the U.S. Treasury Department placed Juraidini Silva and several trucking companies under his control on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list for allegedly participating in a fuel tax fraud network that generated tens of millions of dollars for the CJNG in recent years. U.S. authorities consider Juraidini to be the “mastermind” behind several of the cartel’s financial operations.
Sources consulted by MCCI said Juraidini Silva controlled the Los Indios and Los Tomates border crossings in Matamoros.
At the same customs office, Óscar Juraidini’s sister was at one point responsible for overseeing the SICOBI system (Foreign Trade Goods Control System for Seized or Abandoned Merchandise), which customs authorities use to register and track the legal status and final disposition of goods seized by Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT), according to her 2020 and 2021 asset disclosures.
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, criminal cartels use profits generated through fuel tax fraud schemes to finance campaigns of corrupt politicians willing to hand over key government administrative positions that facilitate fuel smuggling operations.
Analee de Jesús Juraidini Silva appears on the most recent government payroll published by Nómina Transparente, dated June 15, earning a gross monthly salary of 30,890 pesos.
Benítez Orta—the customs official arrested in Texas and extradited to Mexico’s Altiplano maximum-security prison on organized crime charges—worked for the SAT beginning in 2008 and later joined Mexico’s National Customs Agency (ANAM) in 2024.
At ANAM, he served as Head of the Department of Procedures and Legal Affairs at the Matamoros Customs Office—the same position currently held by Óscar Juraidini’s sister—and, beginning in 2023, as Deputy Director responsible for supervising customs inspectors and preparing Administrative Customs Procedure (PAMA) reports, which authorities issue when irregularities are detected in imports and exports and through which the seizure of merchandise is formally documented.
Although he was arrested on June 12, Benítez Orta still appears on the government payroll as Deputy Administrator of Customs Operations, with a gross monthly salary of nearly 45,000 pesos.
This is not the first time that relatives of alleged organized crime figures have infiltrated Mexico’s customs system.
Julio César Carmona Angulo, the brother of the late Sergio Carmona Angulo—known as the “King of Fuel Smuggling”—was appointed administrator of the Reynosa Customs Office in 2019, at the beginning of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration.
Authorities Seized Juraidini’s Tanker Trucks in 2025
On March 13, 2025, Óscar Juraidini filed an amparo lawsuit seeking the return of two tractor-trailers and two fuel tank semi-trailers that had been seized by Mexico’s Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) during an operation in which two people were also arrested in the municipality of China, Nuevo León, on February 15 of that year.
As a result of those events, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) opened criminal investigation file FED/NL/CHN/0000526/2025 for the alleged illegal transportation of hydrocarbons.
On February 18, a control judge ruled that the arrest of the two individuals had been unlawful and, days later, declined to bind them over for trial while dismissing the case in its entirety. The public case file available through the Integrated Case Tracking System of the Judicial Administration Body (OAJ) does not explain why the judge determined that the arrests were illegal or what role the two individuals allegedly played.
As a result, after Juraidini proved ownership of both vehicles and the fuel they were transporting, the Second Federal District Court for Criminal Matters in Nuevo León granted the amparo, ordering the FGR to return the two tractor-trailers and semi-trailers to him.
In January of this year, Óscar Juraidini filed another amparo lawsuit challenging an alleged arrest warrant. After the Sixth Federal District Court for Criminal Matters in Nuevo León accepted the filing, the judge ordered Juraidini to specify the facts and identify the authorities responsible for the alleged warrant. Juraidini failed to respond, and the case was ultimately dismissed.
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