Insurance companies report the theft of 631 vehicles in Mexico after an operation against El Mencho

Mexico City.- Faced with the violent demonstrations due to the killing of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Nemesio Oseguera, El Mencho, the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS) reported this Thursday that 631 vehicles were stolen throughout the country, with the state of Jalisco (west) being the most affected.

The general director of the AMIS, Norma Alicia Rosas, explained that it was an abnormal event, which occurred between last Sunday and Tuesday, while detailing that only in Jalisco the theft of 396 vehicles was recorded, although she specified that they have not broken down whether they are cars or tractor-trailers.

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"The events of Sunday generated an atypical robbery in Jalisco," he pointed out at a press conference and contrasted that, "on an ordinary day," the daily average of robberies could be 12.

"Between Sunday and Tuesday, 396 units were stolen in Jalisco", he added.

Behind the state of Jalisco, where the operation against El Mencho took place, the western states that followed were Michoacán, with 101 units, and Nayarit, with 80; concentrating between these three entities 92% of the cases. He also detailed that 10 more vehicles were stolen in the central state of Guanajuato and 44 more vehicles were reported in the rest of the Mexican territory. Rosas detailed that the main crime was the theft of vehicles, regardless of whether they were used for other purposes afterwards, such as blocking roads or if they were set on fire or used to generate disturbances. In this regard, the directive estimated that the vast majority of insurance policies can be processed without any problem, as total theft is covered in the coverage. Furthermore, he mentioned that, as long as a valid policy with total theft coverage is in place, owners must present themselves with the corresponding report to their insurer and with the relevant complaint to the Mexican authorities.

“What we were seeing was basically that crime, the dispossession (of cars), regardless of what they are going to use it for. If they used it to burn, if they used it to block roads, to riot, there should be no problem. That's what the coverages are for,” Rosas said.

Regarding the damage to businesses, the general director of AMIS indicated that they are still validating the total impact of the damage to the establishments affected throughout the country by these violent events. Oseguera Cervantes was killed on Sunday during an operation in Tapalpa, 130 kilometers south of Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco. Alias El Mencho, leader of the CJNG, was one of the most wanted criminals by Mexican and US authorities, with a million-dollar reward for information leading to his capture. In response to the operation, the so-called 'narco-blockades' were unleashed in Jalisco, the birthplace of the CJNG, with burned vehicles and closed roads, which quickly spread to several states in the country.