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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The Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) announced that reports of railway robberies decreased by 12.5% ​​from January to June 2025 , compared to the same period last year.

According to information published by the agency, in the first six months of the year, 2,005 reports of theft were registered , compared to 2,293 cases in the same period of 2024.

The ARTF specified that the group of industrial products represented 74.2% of the total theft reports, followed by agricultural products, with 23.2% of the reported incidents.

Regarding product or cargo theft, the most affected subgroups during the period were:

• Other industrial products, with 18.56% of the total incidents.
• Grains, seeds and their derivatives, with 16.85 percent.
• Consumer goods, with 16.37 percent.

Overall, the agency noted, these three subgroups accounted for 51.78% of all theft incidents .

“Within the subgroup of other industrial products, accessories accounted for 58.53% of the reports. In the case of grains, seeds and their derivatives, the product with the highest incidence of theft was corn, with a 53.76% share within the subgroup, and for the subgroup of consumer goods, the most affected product was batteries, with 41.6%,” he explained.

The ARTF reported that Coahuila, Aguascalientes, Sonora and Sinaloa were the entities with the highest number of actions of this type, with 398, 270, 215 and 200, respectively, in the reference period.

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Last August, theft from rail transport increased by 277% compared to the same period in 2023, reported the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) .

According to the document Pulso del Sistema Ferroviario Mexicano , during this period 317 reports of robberies were registered , compared to 84 on an interannual basis.

The states with the highest total number of reports were Guanajuato with 82, Coahuila with 33 and Jalisco with 27.

“The border states in the north of the country, specifically Coahuila, Nuevo León and Sonora, have the highest concentration of reports in this region. This is attributed to the operational dynamics of international rail traffic, given that these entities are key points for the transit of goods between Mexico and the United States,” said the ARTF.

He specified that of the total number of reports, only 53 complaints have been filed with the competent authority, which may contain one or several cases of theft of products/cargo, fuel, rolling stock, signal and track components.

In this regard, during the month in question the most stolen products correspond to the subgroups of Grains, seeds and their derivatives, with 18.5% of incidents, those classified as Other industrial products 16.6% and Construction material 16 percent.

This means that corn was the most stolen product, followed by wheat, as well as unspecified accessories and controls, and cement.

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The Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF) reported that railway robbery skyrocketed in July of this year, as it registered an increase of 119% compared to the same period in 2023.

According to the July 2024 Security Pulse document, during the seventh month of this year there were 382 reports of robberies , compared to 174 reports last year .

The agency pointed out that of the total registered in July of this year, only 55 resulted in reports of theft. The main incidents were related to product/cargo, fuel, rolling stock, signal components and track.

He said that the states of Guanajuato, Coahuila and Jalisco recorded the highest number of robberies, with 83, 72 and 43, respectively.

“It is important to highlight the low number of reports submitted in the states located in the southern region of the country,” according to the regulatory body.

The ARTF stated that the subgroups of goods with the highest number of reports of theft incidents during the reference month were:

• Other industrial products (19.60% of theft incidents)
• Grains, seeds and their derivatives (17.62% of theft incidents)
• Auto parts (16.96% of theft incidents)

These three subgroups together represent 54.19% of the total theft incidence reports.

He said that the products with the highest incidence of theft were unspecified accessories and unspecified controls, as well as corn, followed by wheat and tires.

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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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