Train, track robberies soared almost 300% in first half of year

Six-month total is well over that for all of last year

Friday, August 31, 2018

"Train and track robberies increased almost fourfold in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year, according to data gathered by the Rail Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF).

There were 1,965 robberies on Mexico’s railroads in the first six months of the year, 294% more than the 497 incidents recorded from January to June of 2017.

The 2018 figure exceeds the entire number of train and track robberies recorded in all of 2017, which totaled 1,752."

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"Grains, flour, auto parts and cement were the most frequently stolen products.

Of robberies committed in the second quarter of 2018, trains were targeted on 679 occasions while 330 incidents involved theft of parts of the track or railroad signals.

The latter figure is the highest ever recorded in a three-month period.

Freight was stolen in 92% of the attacks on trains while the theft of rolling stock accounted for the remaining 8% of incidents."

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