Armed robbers in Mexico hijacked a truck, transporting 33 tons of the gold and silver concentrate belonging to the Mexican mining company Grupo Minero Bacis, the local media reports.
Theft of precious metals indicates the growth of the number of robberies in the country of the third world, where cartel is affected, to the cartel, to the cartel. The south of the southern border of the United States - against the backdrop of rising prices for gold and silver caused by global macroeconomic uncertainty.
El Universal reported that the attackers blocked the tractor on the site of the highway near Guadalahara, attacked the driver and the guard and held them in hostages for almost one and a half hours.
“A group of organized criminals on two cars was robbed by a truck belonging to Fletes Durango SA de CV, which was uploaded at least 33 tons of the GRUPO Minero Bacis Sa de CV, and was sent to the port of Mansanillo,” the report said in the report Grupo minero.
Grupo minero bacis belongs to Jose Haime Gutierres Nunes, who was the president of the Mexican mining chamber. The company develops the gold-silver deposit of El-erroro is a high-tech project to explose and semi-industrial processing, as a result of which a concentrate of precious metals is carried out for both the domestic market and export. discovered.
This incident indicates an increase in the number of robberies on roads in third world countries, which now occur every 50 minutes. At the beginning of 2025, the amount of thefts of goods increased by more than 30 % compared to the previous year.