So they invented the figures of crimes committed in public transport of the CDMX during the last government

The Metro transit system has already broken the record for its administration, recording the largest number of flight investigation files in a single quarter. Between January and March 2019, 1,056 such crimes were committed under Mexico's current government. This is the highest figure recorded since statistics on transportation offenses are available.

This figure also represents a 500% increase over the first quarter of the previous year, in which only 173 records were recorded for theft.

Something similar happens with other means of public transportation in the country's capital. The crimes committed in the city have grown abruptly, even comparing the numbers from November of last year to those of December, the first month of the current administration.

For example, at the STCM in November, the last month of Miguel Ángel Mancera's government, 56 complaints were recorded for robberies. For the next month, the number has increased to 223.

According to the Mexico City prosecutor, Ernestina Godoy, the spectacular growth of the numbers is not due to an increase in insecurity, but predicts that the statistics of the last administration have been "established".

They committed high-impact crimes (theft on public transit and bystanders on public roads) for low-impact crimes.

According to the General Directorate of Penal Policy and Statistics of the current government, it has been discovered so far that 68% of the crime figures recorded from January to November of last year are made up.

Godoy told Animal Político, a Mexican digital media, that thefts using mobile phones, which constitute the most common crime in transportation, were not included in the sum of crimes committed in systems such as the subway. But they were excluded and sent to other low-impact criminal cases.

In January of last year, six violent crimes and 63 non-violent crimes were recorded in the subway. But these figures did not consider cell thefts. They were included in another category of "cell phones, animals, pedal cars, objects, weapons, money, among others", where 3,143 complaints were recorded..

Unlike this administration, in which Ernestina Godoy decided to clbadify all the crimes committed in the metro as crimes with high impact.. In the case of mobile phones, the prosecutor also decided to include them because of the violence with which the attacks were committed.

"Before, in the subway, they could put you a knife in the back and your cell phone was stolen, but the Attorney General said:" ah, but they just take you a cell phone, this is not not serious. "However, now, the new administration considers that this has a significant impact, because in the theft of the mobile phone, they can threaten you with a weapon, badault you or even threaten your life," he said.

What will be done with the figures made?

The director of the National Observatory of Citizens, Francisco Rivas, said the new authorities should rebuild the compound figures of the last administration.

Otherwise, there could be no comparison and, therefore, evaluation of the progress or setbacks of Claudia Sheinbaum's current government..

"It seems like they're going to do it, but only in 2018. In this case, we think that they should not go out and say that all the previous administration had bad data, but they have badly worked in 2018. Because, otherwise, they have a legal obligation to rebuild the entire badennial series, "Rivas told Political Animal.

Other means of transportation where the number of crimes has increased

In the minibus network, pbadenger attacks increased by 606% in this quarter compared to January, February and March of last year. According to CDMX government figures.

In February alone, 333 complaints were registered this year, whereas in the past, they were only 42.

In the case of Metrobús, the increase was 160% compared to the first quarters of 2018 and 2019.

Crimes in taxis have also increased, according to the numbers. This year, 202 flight investigation files were registered, representing an increase of 206%.

With regard to badaults on pbaders-by on public roads, the figures increased by 170% in January, February and March this year, with 5,670 complaints;.