Why “sabotage” to the Metro affects the pocket of citizens, according to Raymundo Riva Palacio

The columnist explained one of the main impacts that this situation will have for people. (Darkroom)

The first month of 2023 represented a period with multiple incidents and complications in the service of the Mexico City Metro Collective Transportation System (STC).

Metro Line 7 suspended service due to possible short circuit

Line 7 remains closed from the Barranca del Muerto station to San Pedro de los Pinos

Given the frequency with which failures in the transportation network were reported, the capital’s government headed by Claudia Sheinbaum raised the possibility that everything was the result of a series of “sabotage” to discredit her and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. (AMLO).

For his part, the director of the Metro, Guillermo Calderón, argued that events such as the cable theft at the STC could have been orchestrated by organized crime groups.

Chaos in the CDMX Metro: smoke and slow progress were reported on different STC lines

Line 9 (Pantitlán-Tacubaya) and line B (Ciudad Azteca-Buenavista) are among the most affected

One of the most outstanding measures coordinated by the CDMX administration, with the support of the federal government, was the deployment of more than six thousand members of the National Guard to protect the Metro facilities. Despite the presence of the uniformed, the “atypical” events have not stopped.

A National Guard agent watches a subway platform in Mexico City, on Thursday, January 12, 2023, after the authorities ordered to reinforce surveillance in that transport system due to what they consider a series of “atypical incidents and deliberate”. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Faced with such a situation, journalist Raymundo Riva Palacio explained why these incidents would have a direct impact on the economy of the Mexican population.

Carlos Alfredo “N”, a subway driver who crashed on Line 3, was linked to the process

After seven hours of hearing, a judge determined the initiation of criminal proceedings against him for the accident on January 7

In his most recent column for Eje Central, the also political analyst specified that the narrative of the capital’s government, under which all failures would be the product of sabotage, would have two main consequences. The first is that it would reflect that the “alleged criminal acts have prostrated the capital’s government”, since the intellectual and material authors of said acts have not been found.

Regarding the second, Riva Palacio commented that defending that everything is part of a smear campaign is “reckless”, since damages from sabotage “are not included in the insurance contracted for this public transport.” Consequently, all the costs of the necessary repairs “will have to be paid by the taxpayers.”

Metro authorities pointed to organized crime as responsible for the theft of cables. (Twitter/@MetroCDMX|FGJCDMX)

According to the aforementioned text, the Metro insurance policy was renewed this year under the same conditions as that of 2022, which “does not include crimes of sabotage or terrorism among the lines it covers.” The policy authorized by the senior official of the Ministry of Finance, Thalía Lagunas, covers fires, earthquakes and “other catastrophic risks”, as well as events related to civil liability and professional risks, as well as damages to third parties.

Classifying the failures as a consequence of “sabotage” would mean, then, that the “800 million pesos that the collision and derailment insurance covers” would not be applicable to solve the repairs of the accident on January 7 in which the woman lost her life. young Yaretzi Adriana Hernandez.

“If there is sabotage but no one is responsible, why do those of us who pay taxes have to cover up the inability of the capital’s authority to find those guilty of these acts and to repair the damage caused?” questioned the journalist.

Riva Palacio questioned the head of government of the CDMX about the management of the recent incidents in the Metro. (EFE/FRANCISCO GUASCO/File)

Added to the above, the clauses of the policy would contemplate two million pesos of sum insured per person and one million for medical expenses. However, “the people who died or were injured in the different incidents are not covered”, since Claudia Sheinbaum and the other officials of her government have maintained the position that “it was not the fault or responsibility of the Metro, but of people who attack politically to López Obrador”.

Despite the fact that the CDMX government announced that the Metro budget for 2023 would be higher than in recent years (19.7 billion pesos), Riva Palacio considered that it would be insufficient for the maintenance of the Metro, so there is a great probability for the incidents to continue.

For this to be covered by the Agricultural and Property Assets Insurer (Agroasemex), the responsibility of the Metro would have to be recognized in the events described in the policy, but it would be contradictory to the version widely disseminated by the president.

“Sheinbaum got into a trap and apparently has not realized it,” the journalist said.

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