The region of Tuxpanvital for its port connection and its routes to the center and northeast of the country, has become a new red light for robbery and extortion al cargo transport of perishable goods, in 2025, with a rising incidence in the assault on units that transport products in freezers, official figures and reports from the logistics sector confirm.
Operators now not only face the organized crime robberiesbut to extortions committed not only by criminals, but by municipal police, who detain them with impunity, for alleged violations of the Traffic Regulations.
One of the registered cases Recently, it was that of a transporter who on October 24 returned from the northern area of Veracruz and passed through Independence Boulevard, in Tuxpanafter leaving vaccines against Covid-19 and Influenza, and some municipal agents arrested them under the pretext of an offense such as driving in a prohibited area, among other things.
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According to the testimony of the driver of the unit, who preferred anonymity, the officers held them even though the alleged faults did not warrant it and the load could break down; However, after threats, the The police demanded 30 thousand pesos to let them go. immediately, an amount that was finally 8 thousand; situation that, he said, is repeated routinely.
They charged in dollars
Extortion in Veracruz is not only carried out by the public servants themselves; on September 9, a criminal cell dedicated to extortion of transporters that circulated through the Mexico-Tuxpan federal highwaywho charged in dollars for allowing mobility along that route with “peace of mind.”
This entity remains among the ten states with the highest theft from carriers. Although the State of Mexico and Puebla account for the largest amount, this entity registered an increase in the incidence during the first quarter of 2025, according to the Overhaul Q1 Reportwhich warns about the growth in this entity, Guanajuato, Hidalgo and Querétaro.
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4 subjects were arrested for extorting transporters in the Mexico-Tuxpan; They charged in dollars.
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