Train carrying Volkswagen vehicles sabotaged in Mexico

(Source: Freight Waves, January 4, 2021)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A train carrying more than 160 Volkswagen cars was derailed in Mexico last Wednesday by armed thieves, according to Mexican authorities. The train tracks were cut near the town of Acultzingo, about 80 southeast of the Volkswagen assembly plant in Puebla, Mexico, where the company makes its Jetta, Tiguan and Golf models.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021