Police thwarted a prepare theft concentrating on GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado pickups on December 29 within the Mexican state of Durango. The botched heist left two brand-new midsize vehicles from GM almost destroyed in a rural rail yard as thieves retreated on the sight of the Mexican authorities, in keeping with the Drive.
A number of studies cite a municipal police patrol stumbling upon the thieves at 1:00 a.m. native time. The authorities observed suspicious exercise whereas driving alongside a freeway adjoining to tracks the place the railcars sat within the metropolis of Gomez Palacio, in keeping with Debate.
By suspicious, I imply one of many vehicles was midway off the prepare with its rear wheels on the tracks and its entrance finish pitched precariously upward. The white Chevy Colorado was nonetheless partially contained in the prepare when the thieves aborted the heist as a Fb put up revealed by Heart South Area Emergencies exhibits:
The heist occurred in the course of an ejido, which is kind of a distant rural space. The thieves managed to evade the police and stay at giant. Police allegedly knowledgeable railyard safety, and the Mexican Nationwide Guard was additionally known as in to analyze. The railcars containing the GMC and Chevy vehicles have been stationary on the time of the tried theft regardless of some studies calling this a “quick and furious-style heist.” Clearly, to ensure that that to be true, the prepare ought to have no less than been shifting when the culprits broke in.
The thieves compelled their approach in by breaking the locks of the railcar doorways after which proceeded to unload the vehicles when the police patrol got here by. A gray GMC Canyon Denali had been absolutely unloaded however was deserted by the thieves and later struck by an oncoming prepare passing by the railyard.
The Canyon Denali sustained heavy injury after being sandwiched in between railcars, because the Drive studies, though it looks as if the Colorado fared barely higher and should still be salvageable. The vehicles have been reportedly enroute from meeting crops within the U.S. to sellers in Mexico the place the vehicles could be offered.
Compact and midsize vehicles are nonetheless king within the nation, not like within the U.S. the place full-sizers reign supreme. For probably the most half, the Mexican navy and state police use full-size vehicles whereas personal residents choose to make use of smaller pickups resulting from their decrease value and better comfort, amongst different issues.
Members of the a number of drug cartels within the nation are additionally keen on full-size vehicles, nevertheless it’s unclear if the cartels had something to do with this newest truck heist. Sources usually defer from making any point out of cartel involvement because of the hazard of denouncing cartel exercise.
