The head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced on Thursday the deployment of more than 6,000 elements of the National Guard in stations and “other facilities” of the Metro of the capital, after a series of incidents that he described as outside than usual.
Sheinbaum said that he asked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for the support of the National Guard, a militarized police force, just on Wednesday after several “atypical” episodes.
On Saturday, a train crash in the capital’s Metro left at least one woman dead and another 57 people injured.
Sheinbaum narrated that on the same day that the trains collided, another problem occurred at a station, the next day another incident and on Wednesday one more in the tire of a wagon that had been checked the day before.
“They are actions, moments, atypical events that are occurring in the subway,” Sheinbaum said during López Obrador’s morning conference.
“All the investigations must be done. What we can say is that they are episodes that are outside of what normally happens,” said the official when asked if it was sabotage.
The president explained that the elements of the National Guard will be at the Metro facilities for a few months and that their permanence will be evaluated later. She explained that they will participate in surveillance and security of users.
-With information from the Reuters agency.
