fuel smuggling

Contraband fuel sits on the side of a road in Puerto Santander, Colombia, on May 31, 2019. The Venezuelan government's lack of cash to import gasoline combined with U.S. sanctions targeting the oil sector have led to chronic fuel shortages in Venezuela. T

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Venezuela's Fuel Shortage Upends Longtime Colombian Border Gas Smuggling Trade

12:07pm September 10, 2020

by John Otis

Motorists near Colombia's border with Venezuela used to opt for cheaper, smuggled gas from the neighboring country. Now the tables have turned.