Plant security
Riskop insights on the security of plants and operating sites in Mexico, beyond the perimeter wall and the gatehouse.
Stay or leave a border corridor in northeast Mexico
An export manufacturer with two plants in a border corridor in northeast Mexico spent months asking whether it should leave. Its exposure sat in the channels that connect a plant to its surroundings: workers, suppliers, transportation, labor representation and local permits. This anonymized case shows how that question turned into written rules.
Topics: Plant security, Export manufacturing, Investment decisions
Which crime figure a plant should track when homicide falls and extortion rises
According to Mexico’s federal government, the daily average of intentional homicides fell more than 52% between September 2024 and September 2026. Extortion went the other way: Coparmex counted 6,562 victims in the first half of 2026, the highest for that period in 11 years. For a plant, the useful figure is the municipal one.
Topics: Extortion, Crime data, Plant security
How criminal pressure gets into a plant in Mexico
Criminal pressure on a plant in Mexico rarely arrives through violence or the front gate. It comes in through hiring, suppliers, transportation, contracted on-site services, labor representation and municipal permits. Each of those channels already has an owner inside the company, which is why each one can be closed.
Topics: Extortion, Plant security