Raúl Benítez-Manaut, professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM): “On Jan. 7, a series of ‘atypical’ incidents began in the capital’s Metro system. This is how Claudia Sheinbaum, governor of Mexico City and pre-candidate for the presidency by the official Morena party, called them. That day, a train crash killed one person and left 59 injured. Then, on Jan. 12, there was a fire in the coaches, caused by tire puncturing. Similarly, two other ‘accidents’ happened on Jan. 14 and 15. And on Jan. 23, there was an electrical short circuit. Coincidentally, when U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Mexico at the North American Leaders Summit on Jan. 8-11, nothing out of the ordinary happened on the Metro. The Mexico City Metro transports 3.5 million people a day. It is the most…”
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