The linkage of security to investors
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bout 27% of the companies affiliated with the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (AmCham) have reconsidered the possibility of maintaining their investments in the country due to security problems, according to a survey of that body corporate.
The results of the study ‘Impact on Enterprise Security‘, were presented Thursday at a news conference by Thomas Gillen, president of the Security Committee of AmCham, who noted that 34% of companies surveyed in 2009 feel less secure than in 2008.
Another 32% stated that they felt safer in 2009 than in 2008 and 34% felt that security remains the same as a year earlier.
The employers interviewed also noted a high security risk in the states along the northern border and consists of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
“Organized crime moves from the northern border to the coastal states and even the center, in order to gain control of the points of entry into Mexico, along the coasts, and access to key distribution points within cities, “the study notes.
The detailed survey that 37% of employers surveyed has suffered attacks on their supply chains, one or more times, and there are data that in 2009 increased 40% highway robbery.
Despite this scenario, Thomas Gillen, said U.S. investors plan to spend two thousand 500 million dollars to Mexico this year, according to the Survey 2010 on Investment and Employment of the AmCham.
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