CAINTRA carried out for the third time the survey to know the safety associated with the transportation of goods by Autotransportation and Railroad in the industrial sector of Nuevo Leon. The main results are:

- More companies in Nuevo León report theft of cargo transportation in the country during 2019 and early 2020. Specifically, 53% of the companies report having suffered this type of crime, with 79% reporting that it occurs to a greater extent on federal highways. of companies report having suffered this type of crime, with 79% reporting that it occurs to a greater extent on federal highways.

- For 2019, the amount of what was stolen from companies on the roads also increased. The companies surveyed report aggregate losses of $1,590 million pesos for the year in Autotransport, an increase of 54% over the previous period.

- Similarly, for rail transport, the theft statistic increases by 5%. The industry reports aggregate losses of more than $132 million pesos for the year. industry reports aggregate losses of more than $132 million pesos for the year.

- In addition to the theft of merchandise, companies also report additional impacts from incremental security costs. incremental security costs. For example, 47% of the companies report damages to drivers, while 42% report paying incremental insurance fees. drivers, while 42% pay incremental insurance fees. These costs exceed $280 million pesos per year.

- This reflects losses of more than $2 billion pesos per year, which means that the industrial sector loses more than $166 million pesos per month. sector loses a little more than $166 million pesos each month. In addition to the concern that the economic crisis economic crisis in gestation could be a factor in increasing these amounts.

CAINTRA's Transportation Commission, chaired by David Reyna Cantú, initiated a dialogue with the state and federal authorities to present a detailed report and generate bridges of dialogue and coordination measures. state and federal authorities to present the detailed report and to generate bridges of dialogue and coordination measures and industry to face this challenge together.

During the virtual session, the security authorities directly involved in the matter, namely Gen. Carlos César Gómez, Commander of the 7/a. José Manuel Ramírez, Commissioner of the National Guard in Nuevo León; Gustavo Adolfo Guerrero, Commander of the 7/a. José Manuel Ramírez, Commissioner of the National Guard in Nuevo León; Gustavo Adolfo Guerrero, Attorney General of the State of Nuevo León; Héctor Viniegra, Delegate of the Attorney General's Office in Nuevo Leon; Adolfo Fasci, Secretary of Public Security of Nuevo Leon; Norma Nuevo Leon Public Security; Norma Leticia Platas, Commissioner of Fuerza Civil; as well as representatives of C5, State Government and more than 100 industrialists agreed on the attention that this issue requires, as well as a continuous collaboration and prevention and prevention to avoid an escalation of the situation of cargo theft, as well as to initiate a clear plan of action to prevent the and to initiate a clear decrease in the incidence for the state of Nuevo Leon.

The agreement between the authorities and CAINTRA was to deepen the institutional liaison in order to implement investigation protocols to identify criminals and thus reduce the rate of this crime. This agreement incorporates the use of the information gathered as a digital communication base between the parties, and thus and thus measure both the reports made to the authorities, as well as the response and follow-up to the complaints. complaints.

At CAINTRA Nuevo León, we believe it is urgent to coordinate actions to prevent and reduce these crimes; even more so at a time when the health of the population and the economic health of even more so in such complicated times of health affectation to the population and to the economic health of companies, where cargo transportation becomes the backbone of the movement of products and services. companies, where cargo transportation becomes the backbone of the movement of products that are indispensable for the state and the country. indispensable for the state and the country.

CAINTRA NUEVO LEÓN