Editor’s Note: Translated from the Spanish original. See also Tobacco Cartel May Mark Shift in Mexico Underworld. The Tobacco International Holdings (Switzerland) website is available here.
From: Milenio
Profeco initiates investigation into report The Tobacco Cartel.
Milenio reported that men falsely dressed as police intimidated shopkeepers and destroyed packs of cigarettes from brands other than those of a company called TIH.
En los faltos operativos destruyen los cigarros de la competencia del Cártel del Tabaco.
After MILENIO announced a report on various apocryphal tobacco operations, which are suspected to be carried out in different states of the country, the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco) informed that it will initiate investigations into the brands mentioned in the report, with In order to verify if they have the corresponding permits to be sold in the country.
