According to data from the National Association of Vehicle Tracking and Protection Companies (ANERPV), in June there were an average of five truck thefts per day in Mexico. A total of 150 incidents were reported on Mexican roads.
Tractor-trailer thefts increased 4.1% year-on-year in June compared to the same month last year. ANERPV reported 843 total tractor-trailer thefts from January through June.
ANERPV is based in Mexico City and was founded in 2003. The association represents companies operating in the security and vehicle tracking industry in Mexico. Every month, ANERPV records and reports cases of cargo theft reported by association members.
Company officials say they do not have statistics on all cases of cargo theft that occur in the country.
“We don’t handle all national cases, but it’s a representative sample of what happens at the national level,” Luis Villatoro, an ANERPV consultant, recently told El Economista. “We probably handle 10% of the criminal events that happen at the national level.”
In the first six months of the year, the state of Puebla ranked first in cargo thefts with 210 cases, followed by the states of Mexico (204), Hidalgo (66), Guanajuato (61) and Jalisco (54).
According to ANERPV, the main method of cargo theft in June was stopping a truck while it was in transit and stealing the truck, accounting for over 75% of cases.
Thieves primarily targeted food and beverage shipments, building materials and industrial supplies.
Tuesday was the day of the week with the highest incidence of cargo theft, accounting for 23% of reported cases in June.
More than 32% of cargo thefts are reported in the morning, followed by 29% in the afternoon, 21% at night and 18% in the early morning.
The most searched commercial vehicles this month were Kenworth T680, T800 and T660 trucks, followed by Freightliner Cascadia trucks and the Nissan NP 300 van.
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