Military personnel built and will operate the Mexico-Pachuca Train: Sheinbaum distanced themselves

The Army, busier with rails than with security

On March 22, Claudia Sheinbaum gave the go-ahead for the construction of the Mexico-Pachuca Train. During the event, she announced that the project will be built and operated by the Mexican Army, through the military company Olmeca-Maya-Mexica.

Meanwhile, the cartels continue gaining territory

The country is bleeding from violence; clashes in Jalisco, forced displacements in Michoacán, massacres in  Guanajuato, and daily extortions in Estado de México.

Meanwhile all that is happening, the government prefers to focus on propaganda. Reports embellish figures, officials repeat speeches, and reality continues to hit millions who no longer expect answers, they just try to survive.

While criminals set up checkpoints with long guns, the Army lays concrete and rails.
While civilians search for their  missing loved ones, the federal government assigns them new train stations.

Militarization disguised as efficiency

Sheinbaum insists that the military is efficient, reliable, and patriotic. That's why she handed them control of AIFA, the Maya Train, customs, banks, and now more trains. But deep down, the decision responds to a clear policy: militarize without supervision or transparency.

• There are no open bids.
• There are no civilian mechanisms to oversee spending and the quality of the works.
• There is no accountability

The government stopped prioritizing public security

Each militarized project is a step further away from the true duty of the armed forces.  The narco controls entire communities, disappearances are skyrocketing, and the State continues to delegate security to empty speeches.

Meanwhile, the  Army continues building trains, as if that were its original and primary mission, completely ignoring the  security crisis that bleeds the country day after day.

More concrete, less justice

The Mexico-Pachuca Train may advance, but security is stagnant. The military becomes builders, while criminals continue to own streets, highways, and entire communities. The militarization of public works  reflects a government without a real strategy against crime.

And the most serious thing: it doesn't even seem to want one. They prefer to inaugurate trains than to confront cartels, to take photos than to assume responsibilities, to feign moral authority than to regain control of the lost territory.