The Gasoline Thieves

Lalo is fourteen years old and wants to buy a gift for Ana, a girl he hopes to win over. To get the money, he is drawn into the underground world of fuel theft in Mexico, where criminal crews tap pipelines and sell the stolen gasoline. What begins as a way to earn cash for a present pulls him deeper into a dangerous trade, and his situation grows increasingly hard to escape.

The Gasoline Thieves, released in 2019 under the original title Huachicolero, is a crime drama running 93 minutes, made as a co-production between Spain, Mexico and the United States. It is the first feature directed by Edgar Nito, who wrote the screenplay with Alfredo Mendoza and later directed A Fishermen's Tale. Eduardo Banda plays Lalo, with Regina Reynoso as Ana, Fernando Becerril as Don Gil and Leonardo Alonso as Detective Loaeza.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 6.7 from 353 votes, while on TMDB it has 6.5 from 23 votes. A film critics' rating of 7.9 from 15 reviews places it noticeably higher than those audience scores, suggesting a stronger response from reviewers than from general viewers.