At a press conference, the official explained that in addition to the arrest of a woman for throwing washing machine blades onto the tracks, who is charged with the crime of “attacks on communication routes”, three other events have been recorded in recent hours. that require the ministerial authority to confirm or rule out that there was fraud.
The first of these was the discovery of a one-liter can of beer in the track area of the Santa Anila station on Line 8, which caused a short circuit when the train passed.
The second, damage to the windshield of a train on Line 3 in the tunnel that connects the Potrero and La Raza stations on Line 3 -site where a collision between two trains occurred last week-, allegedly caused by the theft of a low voltage cable.
“The driver of this train points out at 12:15 at night that he received an impact and his windshield broke; Immediately afterwards, also through our monitoring system of the electrical energy-signaling networks, it is identified that there is a ground cable, there is evidence of the 45 meters of cable that had been cut and coiled, ”he explained.
An unusual blow was also detected in a track device at the Ermita station on Line 12 of the Metro. He said that the causes of this blow are already being investigated and that it will not affect the restart of operations of this underground section, scheduled for this January 15.
“These last two incidents, I mean this one on Line 12 and the one on Line 3, were declared, denounced before the Public Ministry for the pertinent actions,” he said.
