“Sabotage” must be investigated, Sheinbaum
Interviewed on the night of Thursday 12, by journalist Enrique Acevedo on the main Televisa news program, the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum, pointed out that the unusual events that occurred in the Metro after the line crash cannot be called “sabotage”. 3.
“Perhaps the word sabotage is strong and it would have to be demonstrated, but what is certain is that we can say that it is probable that some of them (incidents) could have been premeditated, due to the conditions in which they are taking place,” he said.
He added that it will be the competent authority who will carry out the inquiries to confirm or rule out sabotage in the Metro through intelligence actions.
The Head of Government announced on the morning of Thursday the 12th that 6,000 elements of the National Guard would be deployed in stations to ensure that there are no acts that threaten the operation of the service.
He also made it known that the black boxes of the trains damaged on January 7 were intentionally removed, which is a criminal act, but this Friday the leader of the National Union of Subway Workers, Fernando Espino, clarified that these devices need to be removed from immediately and protected for inquiries.
“The black boxes were removed by protocol, they inform us that they have to be removed when there is unfortunately an incident like the one that happened on Saturday and they tell me that they have already explained it to the authorities, (the black boxes) were found in a van that belongs to the Metro” expressed the union leader through a message broadcast on Radio Formula.
He explained that among the facts that the black boxes record are relevant to the investigation: the driving mode, speed, side of the door service, pressure gauges, technical information, among other relevant data in the operation of the trains.
The document also obtained by Political Expansion It refers that since 2015, there are no open investigation folders against any of the members of the Metro workers unions, including their leaders.