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Friday, August 5, 2022

Armed Criminals Hijack Truck At Gunpoint On Highway In Chichimequillas, Queretaro

 By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

Key points:

  • Armed criminals hijacked a cargo truck on the Queretaro - Irapuato highway in Queretaro.
  • This highway in particular is known by truckers to be unsafe.
  • Highway theft is up 9% in Mexico this year, with  35,384 cases so far this year.
  • 89% of cargo theft in Mexico occurs on highways.
  • Highways are considered by 60.1% of Mexicans to be unsafe.

This afternoon, armed criminals hijacked a cargo truck at gunpoint in Chichimequillas, on the Queretaro - Irapuato highway in the state of Queretaro. The criminals then drove the vehicle in the direction of Mexico City. Cases of highway theft are increasingly frequent in Mexico, on the rise again after a drop during Covid-19.


The truck's dashboard video shows two large SUVs pull ahead to block it. A man leans out of a window and waves a firearm at the drivers, ordering them to stop.


A camera inside the vehicle pointing at the drivers shows their shocked reaction, as they stop the vehicle, terrified. As the truck stops, five armed masked men get out of the two SUVs and point their weapons at the drivers. Breaking glass can be heard. The drivers put their hands up and surrender the vehicle.


The inside camera shows two of the criminals enter and drive the truck away. According to Poresto, the truck was recovered by local authorities further down the highway.

In May, Queretaro news outlet Diario Rotativo reported that traversing this highway is dreaded by truck drivers due to the daily violent attacks by criminal groups. According to their article, criminals hijack vehicles, sometimes kidnapping the drivers, and steal the cargo. Sometimes, local police will even threaten and assault the drivers, demanding that they not report the hijackings.

Highway theft and robbery of cargo is on the rise in Mexico after plummeting due to diminished transport due to Covid-19. There have been 35,384 robberies on highways and streets in Mexico so this year, representing a 9% increase from the 32,433 robberies in the same period last year. 



Since 2020, two out of every three robberies of cargo in North America have taken place in Mexico.

89% of  cargo theft occurs on highways, according to a report on cargo theft in Mexico by SafeLink, highlighting the shocking insecurity on the nation's highway system. 

Highways are considered one of the most dangerous locations by Mexicans, with 60.1% answering that they feel unsafe on them, according to a recent government survey on citizen perceptions on security.

Sources: Cinco Radio Official TwitterRotativo, ENVIPE 2021 (Page 52/60), SafeLink, Transportemx, Cronica, Graphs made by TreResearch, Poresto

43 comments:

  1. Truck Driver Lives Matter

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    1. 4:52 the imposter used to call himself Comandante Juan Rainbow and has gone anonymous...
      Juan Camaney, pa eso me gustabas, pinchi coyón!

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  2. I tell man
    Mexico sovereign country is definitely going to hell. No order whatsoever.
    You want to extort a business no problem.
    You want to kidnap people and make a profit no problem.
    You want to practice your shooting skills on live humans no problem.
    Want to rob trains and trucks no problem.
    Register with curupt government
    Pay a bribe.
    Pay a tax on cartel turf.

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    1. Want a 100k to overdose a year then live in USA. Oh yeah 20 or so children shot at school. And how many more school shootings. Crazy Pelosi starting trouble all over the world. Usa cant even control those things.

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    2. Lets see USA has 100k overdoses per year. Around 20 children killed at school and more at other schools. Crazy Pelosi starting world problems. And you talk bad of Mexico?

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    3. If you think USA comes even close to Mexico you are a total idiot. Best thing that could happen to Mexico now is the USA sends in its military to wipe out the cartels and replace the senior politicians with retired US generals until new elections with every candidate lie detected can be held and all police and government workers lie detected. But fools like you keep pretending Mexico is A OK

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    4. 9:42
      Pelosi did not go start trouble, do more research as to why she went to visit Asian countries that communist China does not like US to visit.
      China does not control USA.
      China has stolen top secret information throughout the years.
      China did not inform the world that COVID 19 was growing in China, the great cover up.

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    5. 2:55 Best thing that could happen to Mexico now is the USA minding their own business and fixing their own shit. But keep trying your very best from your VERY POOR perspective, Mrs. Bible Belt…

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  3. Whos in Queretaro CJNG?

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    1. Cjng are every where they are the biggest and strongest cartel in mexico

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    2. Maybe but Durango and Sinaloa still hasnt been fully invaded by CJNG I bet some of the Sinaloa factions will divide and work with CJNG kinda like BLO and CDG/Z in late 2000s

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    3. No the Yakuza is the strongest

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  4. Mexico is fucked. Time for a revolution.

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    1. Mexico needs a Hitler to wipe out the cartels.

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    2. What do you think this ‘drug war’ is. Already more people have died in Mexico in the drug war then the revolution. It’s a cleansing. Think about it. Why else would places rich in resources become such shit holes? Because the only thing wrong with those places is all the brown people. So like in every other place just like throughout all of Mericas history. They send in their agents of chaos on the sneak and they destabilize. That way some redneck fuck can be like ‘well let’s go save those beaners with more of our guns! That’ll solve everything’

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    3. 10:23 and what's wrong with lowering the population? The less humans the better. Mexico will be a paradise with less than 35 million mexicans. The US will be a paradise also with less than 100 million fatsos.
      I'm all for the destruction of the two legged hairless rats that think they are above the environment and mother nature.

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  5. Road pirates? Mexico is truly fucked.

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    1. Random school/public spaces shootings on a regular basis with no clear reason.... not sure if is Mexico the truly fuck...

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    2. I cant think of a country anywhere more fucked than Mexico

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    3. Tops homicides in the world.

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    4. awwwww, Karen didnt find any other argument :( , if cant think any other country than Mexico can be for two reasons... You didn't finished High School (basic geography classes) and/or you dont have the resources to visit other countries. There are other places to visit than your parents in Louisiana, racist bitch...

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    5. México is safer than major city like Chicago, New York, L.A. Just because all shootings that happen in Mexico are published here doesn't mean shit. Cartel are like Gangs in the 80-90s, if your in this shit then you go out in this shit. Lots of people are

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    6. 12:48 state police leaving the highways security at the mercy of criminals is the key, working with governor wannabe's and "private security corporations" help them buy the bread and butter of today and tomorrow

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  6. He had to be carrying something worth lots of $$$$ Drugs, Alcohol, T.V

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    1. Two days ago authorities in Ciudad Juarez recovered a trailer with a copper load worth $250K USD, so it could be anything, not necessarily electronics.

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  7. Something very valuable was in that truck

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  8. Best thing that could happen to Mexico now is the USA sends in its military to wipe out the cartels and replace the senior politicians with retired US generals until new elections with every candidate lie detected can be held and all police and government workers lie detected. Mexico's government is not capable of doing its job and doesnt want to . Cant even protect its own people. They have sub contracted government security to drug cartels in return for bribes

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    1. Try telling that to the Amlo lawyer that hides in here. He has been repremanded a few times.

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    2. America failed in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, etc. What on Gods earth are they gonna do in Mexico? The soldiers will be sent home in body bags and will be killed by American made weapons. America needs to focus on itself, bums like Trump trying to overrun the country with his little circus.

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    3. Cant handle your own problems and now want to "solve" issues in other countries sending the army... Learn from your own history. That "$olution" never worked for the countries you were trying to "help".... But keep giving useless opinions Karen... Best thing that could happen to Mexico is that the USA mind their own business.

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    4. 11:09 AM - America failed in countries where the religious or political beliefs of their enemies made them willing to sacrifice more than the Americans were in order to win. You can't compare people with a righteous cause to a bunch of coked out sicarios who kill people for money and fake luxury goods (and who couldn't even handle Mexico's weak ass military in a direct confrontation). Not to mention, the rich northern states would like to secede anyway.

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    5. 1049

      I'll knock out anybody that disrrspects ALMO! 💪🏼

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    6. Obrador is a lazy grampa
      But lives Bribes coming in.

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    7. Fuck that!! America is way more fuck than Mexico. Not financially of course but gringos have ZERO Culture, racists as fuck, retard as Putin/Trump and losing power in the world. Pinché gringos are fucking up the best country in the world.

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    8. 11:55 Awww thats cute... a very small dick 300lb racist Alabama guy with confederate flags tattooed on his big tits giving his opinion about Mexico.... that must be accurate for sure.

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    9. 2:51 HEY PANCHO!!!
      Leave Sol's chichis alone.

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    10. 12:54 México does not owe anybody 30 trillion dollars spent on Lost Wars against camel riding sand brains financed by the Chinese...
      By the way, what the hell happened to the 300 trillion dollars worth of Mexican Gold AMLO administration found in the UK???

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    11. 2:51 PM- I'm definitely not a 300 pound redneck from Alabama. But you definitely ARE a pito chico analfabeto acomplejado sin huevos con la primaria trunca. ¿A cuál cartel te la pasas chupando, guey?

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    12. 12:54
      Mexico sovereign country is more fuked up in the world.
      #1 in homicides.
      #1 in curuption
      Lazy president, we all can tell he is the puppet of the cartels.

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    13. Canada is the most fucked up country in the world...
      Their french technology, american culture, british cooking and Hell's Angel's chicken assed copycats have Canada in the ropes.

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  9. They're not cartel members. They're merchandise thieves and is normal in mexico.

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    1. Normal in some highways, some of them work for the cartel, others pay a tribute in order to operate, and some other work freely, just like you mention.

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