Leftists Attack VW Mexico Plant!
The only car plant in the world that is responsible for making the New Beetle and its VW Parts was sadly left impaired for ten days—the Volkswagen Mexico Plant has succumbed to its illness after being badly hit by Leftist attacks in Mexico, but it quickly got on its feet to keep its flag alive.
According to a report by Reuters, the Popular Revolutionary Army or the EPR has detonated a bomb last September 10 which was said to have caused a lot for the economy of Mexico. The rebels blew up “natural gas pipelines” which triggered the halt in energy supplies in major export companies. This led to the thousands of hours of loss in production. The country’s economy is badly hit by the attacks, all the more since their economy has been paralyzed by the US slowdown too. Mexico Felipe Caderon’s government is now alarmed by the capabilities of the rebels to stage such a devastating force upon the country.
The Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico, is now a picture that is far from where it used to be. From successful factory labor which assembles the world-famous VW parts and the New Beetle, it is now a plantation that carries out burnt particles of “hot molten steel” identified to be as car body parts and engine components. The rebel’s bombs greatly killed six major ducts in central and eastern Mexico, causing the pipelines to move about a quarter of Mexico’s natural gas. The 740-acre car factory was now a big devastation as they are responsible for bringing about two-thirds of its output to the United States and Europe—which has been halted for ten days. Production reportedly resumed last Sunday.
“All the manager types are nervous about reaching their production goals,” said Volkswagen engineer Carlos Varela in an interview by Reuters.
All businesses were hit by this attack as manufacturers admittedly felt the pain from having a second attack in just two months. According to Reuters, a Mexican manufacturer’s group named Canacintra said that this attack has cost about 2,000 factories that produce everything from surgical instruments to cement. Due to this, the Mexican government is now facing a huge loss in their crucial industrial sector, with which the country’s economic growth heavily relies on. Mexico’s finance ministry chief economist has predicted that this will immediately impress upon the results of the stocks, so there is indeed a lot for the country to worry about.
“We noticed gas pressure was falling quickly and so we had to shut off the furnaces right away,” said Coheto Ladino in the same interview, who helped operate several giant kilns fired by natural gas.
The EPR made their presence known in the year 1996 when they reportedly fired automatic weapons in the air during a political rally in a poor state called Guerrero. Their new strategy of bombing energy pipelines began with a wave of attacks last July according to Reuters. They aim to cut natural gas supplies to business but this month’s attack was obviously bigger.
After this trial, Volkswagen is optimistic in seeing this event through.