By Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald
Mexico might be replacing Venezuela as Cuba’s key economic savior, sending $3 billion in oil between May and August, some of it in a Cuban ship under U.S. sanctions, a Mexican group fighting corruption claims.
The explosive allegations appear in a report by Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad — Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity — which cites information from Mexican customs and exports data on tracking websites such as Veritrade.
According to the report, Mexican state oil company Pemex declared 58 shipments of crude oil, gasoline and other products to Mexican customs, valued at 60 billion Mexican pesos — about $3.25 billion — destined for Cuba over four months through a subsidiary, Gasolinas Bienesta r. The importer listed in most