She noted the measure could hit industrial states like Nuevo Leon, Baja California and Chihuahua hard, given their links to the U.S. The company also reported about 800 migrants waiting at the freight yards in Irapuato, in the north-central state of Guanajuato.Ībout 1,000 people were reported to be riding freight cars on the train line that connects the city of Chihuahua and the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez.įerromex is Mexico’s largest concessionary rail operator and the impact of the train stoppage will be “very important,” said Ana Bertha Gutiérrez, the international trade coordinator for the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness. The company said there were about 1,500 people gathered at a rail yard in the city of Torreon, in the northern border state of Coahuila.
According to Ferromex, the worst problems appeared to be further north.
