SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra (NYSE: SRE) today announced the successful completion of Sempra Infrastructure's sale of Ecogas México, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Ecogas), a natural gas distribution network in Mexico serving over 600,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across the Mexicali, Chihuahua and La Laguna-Durango regions. Through this strategic transaction, Sempra continues to advance its capital recycling program and execute on its 2026 value creation initiatives, helping simplify the company's business model, strengthen its financial position and support long-term growth at its regulated utilities in Texas and California.
AUSTIN, Texas — Mexican drug cartels may be making more money from smuggling fuel than from narcotics, according to testimony from Texas Department of Public Safety officials during a recent Texas Senate hearing on border and homeland security.DPS Director Col. Freeman Martin told lawmakers that Texas has become a major source for illegal fuel trafficking into Mexico. Officials estimate between $12 billion and $21 billion worth of fuel could be smuggled from Texas to Mexico each year.Martin said some law enforcement officials working these cases believe fuel smuggling has surpassed narcotics trafficking as a source of cartel revenue, particularly when federal law enforcement partners are not involved.“I heard you refer to it as the number two revenue generator for the cartels,” Martin said. “In some recent cases without federal partners, some of them that are actually working these cases believe that it’s the No. 1, that it’s exceeded their narcotics trafficking.”Martin said cartels have adapted their smuggling operations, using commercial vehicles and legitimate trade routes to move fuel south.“Rather than loading drugs into produce, furniture and auto parts, and legitimate trade with the United States smuggling north, they’re loading fuel trucks, box trucks, propane trucks or any container that you can think of and hauling it south,” Martin said.According to DPS, empty trucks enter the United States and are loaded with legally purchased, tax-free fuel. The trucks then can deviate from approved routes as the fuel is transported toward Mexico.Officials said the fuel can be blended with cheaper products, while customs documents may be forged or altered before the shipments cross the border.The financial incentive is significant. DPS officials said diesel and other fuel products can sell for two to three times as much in Mexico as they cost in the United States.Officials described the trafficking as an organized criminal operation. They said enforcement efforts should focus on the people coordinating and profiting from the networks rather than only the drivers transporting the fuel.Texas officials are considering additional route restrictions and inspections as they look for ways to disrupt the trafficking operations.The testimony comes as state and federal officials continue to examine the role of organized crime in cross-border fuel trafficking and the potential impact on the Texas fuel market and tax revenue.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Season Group has been awarded the EcoVadis Silver Medal, recognizing the company among the top 15% of organizations assessed by EcoVadis for its sustainability management practices. The achievement reflects Season Group's commitment to responsible business practices and reinforces the trust customers place in the company as a long-term manufacturing partner.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of small molecule antibiotics for difficult‑to‑treat bacterial infections, today announced that the Japan Patent Office and the Mexico Patent Office, respectively, have each granted a new patent which covers Acurx's DNA Polymerase IIIC inhibitors including compositions‑of‑matter, methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions, which further strengthen Acurx's intellectual property portfolio and represents the most recent addition to the Company's expanding series of granted patents in the U.S. and abroad. To date, Acurx has secured six U.S. patents and an additional ten patents internationally, including Australia, Canada, Europe, Israel, India, Japan, Korea, and Mexico , all of which protect key aspects of the Company's ibezapolstat and the ACX‑375C program targeting DNA Polymerase IIIC. Additional country‑level patent applications remain under review.
HONG KONG, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Season Group has been awarded the EcoVadis Silver Medal, recognizing the company among the top 15% of organizations assessed by EcoVadis for its sustainability management practices. The achievement reflects Season Group's commitment to responsible business practices and reinforces the trust customers place in the company as a long-term manufacturing partner.
The appointment reinforces the company's focus on operational efficiency in jointly managing two countries with a clear orientation towards the US nearshore market.
