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Utah couple arrested, accused of smuggling $300M in oil into US from Mexico
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:06 am
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:06 am
Not really sure what to think about this story. Kind of mind boggling actually.
ksl news.com
I know where this house is located. It's a beast. (It's also located right on the Wasatch Earthquake fault, so if the big one ever hits, its toast...)
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ksl news.com
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SANDY — A Utah couple is being accused of money laundering and smuggling oil into the U.S. from Mexican cartels, after they were arrested during a multistate raid by U.S. Marshals, according to court documents.
James Lael Jensen and his wife, Kelly Anne Jensen, were booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday. The couple and two of his sons are being federally indicted for allegedly conspiring to smuggle 2,881 shipments of oil from Mexico that they knew were illegal.
The family is accused of moving at least $300 million worth of oil from Mexico to the U.S.
The couple was arrested at their 26,893-square-foot mansion in Sandy, valued at $9.1 million, according to a person close to the situation who requested they be kept anonymous due to cartel involvement. The source said the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Apprehension Team showed up with a battering ram in tow.
I know where this house is located. It's a beast. (It's also located right on the Wasatch Earthquake fault, so if the big one ever hits, its toast...)
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This post was edited on 4/26/25 at 8:07 am
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Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:09 am to Lonnie Utah
That's some beautiful scenery.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:09 am to Lonnie Utah
Looks like tank cars with oil, not ships, and not even unit trains.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:11 am to Lonnie Utah
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Not really sure what to think about this story. Kind of mind boggling actually.
What’s causing your mental block?
The cartels had a bunch of oil, probably obtained nefariously, and needed to fence it.
Kinda smart on their part. It’s a physically portable commodity and not likely to be questioned. Apparently they were successful 2,880 times, but that last one tripped them up. Probably got complacent.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:26 am to Jimbeaux
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What’s causing your mental block?
Size and scope of the scam.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:28 am to Lonnie Utah
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:33 am to Mr Clean
They abandoned the “stay low key” part of the plan.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:38 am to FOBW
Right. That house is not gonna get attention at all!
Idiots should have decided on a number, get to it, then jet off to parts unknown and disappear.
Idiots should have decided on a number, get to it, then jet off to parts unknown and disappear.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:42 am to Jimbeaux
Where do you fence oil? Just show up at a refinery with a few hundred barrels trailered asking if they want to make a deal?
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:43 am to Mr Clean
Great Gatsby! That house is yuge!
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:43 am to FOBW
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They abandoned the “stay low key” part of the plan
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:02 am to Jimbeaux
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Great Gatsby! That house is yuge!
That makes Southfork look like a pauper’s place.
For you younger than 40 crowd, that is a Dallas TV Show reference.
This post was edited on 4/26/25 at 9:07 am
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:05 am to Jimbeaux
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The cartels had a bunch of oil, probably obtained nefariously, and needed to fence it.
The cartel was siphoning gas like Cory and Trevor
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:07 am to Pvt Hudson
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Where do you fence oil? Just show up at a refinery with a few hundred barrels trailered asking if they want to make a deal?
I had the same thought. The couple had to have access to legal oil supplies so they could insert the illegal oil into that.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:09 am to FOBW
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They abandoned the “stay low key” part of the plan.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:11 am to Mr Clean
At 35% less than Brett Favre's shack it looks like a steal. Plus you get to look at the Wasatch range and not MS.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:11 am to Pvt Hudson
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Where do you fence oil?
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:27 am to Lonnie Utah
They probably needed it to heat that house.
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:28 am to el Gaucho
quote:this. They threaten the pipeline operator, “ shut the pipeline in and bring the pressure to zero on Tuesday night or your wife and daughters get murdered”.
The cartel was siphoning gas like Cory and Trevor
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:32 am to Pvt Hudson
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Where do you fence oil? Just show up at a refinery with a few hundred barrels trailered asking if they want to make a deal?
Great question. If I hadn’t watched Breaking Bad, I might be even more puzzled.
Two insights: Big money can buy off A LOT of people; and audacious crimes done in relative plain sight are easier to pull off than you might think (for a while).
I’m picturing these guys buying oil wells that are cheap and on the verge of going dry, and then magically producing good oil quantities beyond expectations. THEN, they have a money crunch, or simply get greedy, and start “pumping” 10x normal yields. That gets noticed somewhere along the chain in the competitive oil production markets, and then an investigation is started.
But that’s just my vivid imagination. I’m genuinely curious how it all played out.
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