Construction of works is being halted by the fight between the “Chapitos” and the “Mayiza” in Sinaloa, which began more than three months ago in Culiacán and has spread to other municipalities, revealed Luis Rafael Mendez Jaled, president of the Mexican Chamber of the Construction Industry (CMIC).
“The issue of security, specifically in Sinaloa, I was talking with the president of the Culiacán delegation, he told me that it began to have an impact and has already reached the issue of construction companies and works,” said the businessman in a press conference.
The fight between the “Chapitos” and the “Mayiza”, the factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, is already “beginning to affect and they are beginning to stop the construction of works,” said the builder.
“I asked for the information and a month ago that was not happening, since the first sector that was affected was the restaurant sector,” he recalled.
Today it has already begun to affect Sinaloa, “we can now say with certainty that the works are beginning to stop due to the Sinaloa issue,” said the director.
For three months, Sinaloa has been facing an armed conflict between rival gangs, which has caused many companies to close their doors, reduce their staff and operate on limited hours due to fear of violence.
According to the College of Economists of Sinaloa, the state has lost 18 billion pesos due to the direct impact of violence on the economy.
A group of businessmen from Sinaloa asked for 3.27 billion pesos for the food of workers, the payment of a temporary employment program and psychologists, the delivery of credits for micro, small and medium-sized businesses and the installation of cameras and panic buttons to stop the economic crisis caused by the violence experienced in Culiacán.
The representative of the construction companies said that they are working very hard in Sinaloa to return peace through Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection.
“We have every hope that soon all economic activities will return to the state of Sinaloa,” said Luis Rafael Mendez Jaled.
For example, in Morelos, and in other states, there are no works stopped due to violence problems, they even continue working normally, he indicated.
There are no works stopped in Tamaulipas either, even the levels of violence are not at the levels of years ago, he pointed out.
“In Tamaulipas there are isolated events, for example the south of the state has the best perceptions of security and with the border there are isolated events,” he said.
There is no direct impact on the construction industry in Bajío, an area complicated by the fight between organized crime groups, he concluded.
Source: forbes
