Another record? Senator Sosa relies on papers and GPS against truck theft
Olga Sosa, Morenista senator for Tamaulipas, has just put on the table an initiative to reform the Highway Law. Its stated objective: to stop the looting of cargo trucks that move more than 58% of the country’s merchandise.
The proposal sounds like a broken record to anyone who has been listening to promises of road safety for years. But let’s get down to business. What does it propose?
“This sector faces a growing problem: theft from cargo transportation, a crime that impacts public safety, generates economic losses and puts the integrity of operators at risk”
Your recipe has three main ingredients. A National Incident Registry in real time (yes, another registry). The mandatory nature of geolocation systems in the units. And immediate interstate pursuit protocols.
In Creole: more bureaucracy, more technology that should already exist, and the hope that the state police will coordinate. Something that, historically, smells like utopia.
The other initiative: Judging with a feminist lens
In parallel, Sosa introduced a constitutional reform to force judges to apply a gender perspective. The idea is that justice recognizes the structural inequalities faced by women and vulnerable groups.
“The administration of justice cannot be neutral in the face of inequality, since said neutrality contributes to reproducing conditions of discrimination”
Here the senator hits a sensitive nail on the head. He talks about avoiding stereotypes and analyzing power relationships in sentences. A powerful concept that will clash with the old judicial guard.
Both initiatives are now in the legislative labyrinth. Anti-theft requires changes to a federal law. The gender perspective needs to modify the Constitution and then a general law.
That is, years of processing ahead. Meanwhile, trucks will continue to be easy targets and the courts will remain blind to inequality. The uncomfortable question remains: will papers and GPS be enough to stop those who empty a trailer in the middle of the road?
