Rail freight transport in Mexico registered a total of 307 thefts during May 2024, an increase of 99.3% compared to the same month last year, with cement, quarry or earthenware for flooring or paving and auto parts being the merchandise with the most incidents in this period, according to the report of the Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario (ARTF).
The ARTF mentioned that during the fifth month of the year, only 56 complaints were registered with the competent authority out of the total number of reports presented.
In general, in the total number of reports, the states of Guanajuato stand out with 52, Coahuila with 44 and Aguascalientes with 35.
The merchandise subgroups with the highest number of reports of theft incidents during May 2024 were:
- Other industrial products (22.01% of theft incidents).
- Construction material (15.22% of theft incidents).
- Auto parts (14.4% of theft incidents).
These three groups together represent 51.63% of the total reports of theft incidence.
By May 2024, the products with the highest incidence of theft within the Other industrial products subgroup were unspecified accessories, which obtained 46.9% of the total, followed by unspecified controls with 35.8 percent.
In the case of the construction material subgroup , the product that was reported stolen most frequently was cement with 94.6% of the total, followed by quarry or tiles for flooring or paving with 5.3% of the total.
For its part, in the auto parts subgroup , the highest number of theft incidents were tires with 96.2% of the total.
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