Trade in organs? Mexican transporters fear for their safety after this terrible discovery

Cargo truck drivers protested this Thursday on various highways in Mexico, demanding measures against the frequent assaultssome with violence, extortions, murders and more crimes that they live daily. In recent months the carriers They have become one of the sectors hardest hit by the wave of violence.

The mobilizations of this February 15 were led by the Mexican Alliance of Transporters Organization (AMOTAC) and the concentrations of drivers began at 8:00 in the morning, affecting the main roads of the country.

This is not the first time they have demonstrated this. Just at the beginning of February, another protest was held to sue the authorities, especially the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, that they be given security measures to continue working.

López Obrador suggested in his morning conference that the protests have political motivations related to the presidential election on July 2, describing them as efforts to generate conflicts, although he assured that there was no problem without attention.

”I maintain, with all due respect, that it has a political purpose, not even a political one (…), it is for the elections. So, it is to generate conflicts for us. There is no problem that has not been addressed,” said the president.

“I am offended because we support your government and you cannot tell us that we are part of the shock group, you have not investigated. Why don’t you give us a meeting? And let him say it to my face,” Rafael Ortiz Pacheco, leader of AMOTAC, said at the time.

It was not until Thursday night that Ortiz declared that the guild reached an agreement with the López Obrador government to increase the surveillance in the main arteries.

The Ministry of the Interior (Segob) announced that security has been intensified with 2,000 new patrols and 620 members of the National Guard, and it is expected to add 800 more agents in July.

The Confederation of Industrial Chambers of Mexico (Concamin) estimated that cargo transportation thefts annually represent losses exceeding 7 billion pesos (approximately 400 million dollars).

Alejandro Ortiz Muñoz, AMOTAC tourism delegate in Puebla, mentioned that approximately a month and a half ago a truck driver was found who had previously been picked up by armed individuals. The victim’s organs had been removed.

In an interview with Multimedios, Ortiz Muñoz expressed his concern, indicating that the crime is not only limited to murders and robberies, but could also be linked to the trade in organs.

“It hasn’t been long, like a month and a half along the Acatzingo stretch, that they found a driver without organs, so we are already thinking that this is not only murder and robbery, but it is also the sale of organs,” Ortiz revealed to the previously mentioned medium.

In addition, the AMOTAC member highlighted that, so far this year, at least 300 criminal incidents have been registered against members of the union, with an average of 10 to 15 daily robberies from transporters in the region.

Ortiz Muñoz emphasized that assaults and extortion continue to be a significant concern and criticized the lack of action by authorities in this situation.

According to AMOTAC, most dangerous roads For carriers they are:

• Mexico-Puebla Highway: in the San Martín Texmelucan section
• Puebla-Veracruz Highway: in the Esperanza section
• Puebla-Oaxaca Highway: on the Cuacnopalan-Miahuatlán section