The Agency for Trains and Integrated Public Transport (ATTRAPI) reported that railway robbery decreased in the period January-September 2025, registering a drop of 14.9% compared to the same period in 2024.

In its statistical report, the agency detailed that in the first nine months of last year there were 2,923 reports of theft compared to 3,438 cases in the same period of 2024.

Regarding product or cargo theft, the most affected subgroups during the period were: industrial products with 20.2% of the total incidents , followed by consumer goods with 17.9%, and auto parts with 15.6 percent.

Together, these three subgroups accounted for 53.7% of all theft incidents recorded during the reference period.

During the cycle, ATTRAPI specified that the products with the highest theft rate were accessories , which accounted for 59.1% of the reports, followed by batteries with 37.4%, while tires had a share of 95.7 percent.

According to data from the regulatory agency, Coahuila topped the list of the top 10 federal entities with the most reported robberies, with 559 cases.

Aguascalientes followed with 415 reports, Sonora with 319, Guanajuato with 313 and Sinaloa with 277 cases in the period January-September 2025, among other states.

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From January to October 2024, the Mexican Railway System (SFM) transported 111.86 million tons , representing an increase of 1.5% compared to the same period in 2023, a growth led by Ferromex .

According to the document Pulse of the Mexican Railway System Operational as of October from the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) , of the total cargo, 31.6 million tons corresponded to national traffic and 80.2 million tons to international traffic, of the latter, 61.3 million tons were imported and 18.8 million tons were exported.

“Compared to the period from January to October 2023, domestic traffic grew by 1.4%, international traffic grew by 1.5%, imports rose by 2.7%, and exports decreased by 2.2%,” ARTF stated.

As regards companies, Ferromex continues to lead the way with a movement of 53.30 million tonnes , 47.6% of the total, which represented an increase of 2.4% year-on-year.

While Ferrosur reported a decrease of 8.3% due to the fact that it only mobilized 12.07 million tons compared to the same period in 2023.

The ARTF reported that, from January to October 2024, of the 111.86 million tons, 53.80 million were industrial products , 32.01 million tons of agricultural products, 14.37 million tons of petroleum products and their derivatives, while mineral products were 6.14 million tons and the remainder corresponds to forestry, inorganic and animal derivatives products, which together transported 5.54 million tons.

“Compared to the period January-October 2023, the product groups that showed the greatest increase were: Animal derivatives (10.50%), Agricultural (8.37%), and Petroleum and its derivatives (8.18%). The product groups that showed the greatest decreases were: Minerals (-20.61%) and Inorganic (-11.49%),” he explained.

The main participating states by product group are the following:

Agricultural product group:

• Chihuahua with 20.76%.
• Tamaulipas with 26.41%.

Group of animal derived products:

• Tamaulipas with 27.47%.
• Coahuila de Zaragoza with 36.98%.

Forest products group:

• Tamaulipas with 72.02%.
• Veracruz with 12.64%.

Industrial product group:

• Tamaulipas with 25.50%.
• Coahuila de Zaragoza with 14.96%.

Inorganic products group

• Coahuila de Zaragoza with 26.47%.
• Mexico with 23.56%.

Mineral product group

• Colima with 50.73%.
• Sonora with 18.67%.

Group of petroleum and its derivatives

• Tamaulipas with 30.75%.
• Veracruz with 21.40%.

ARTF stated that at the end of the first 10 months of last year, total cargo was transported via 1.29 million loaded cars, only 0.09% more than in 2023.

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