"The only thing they complained about was the transport": families of 13 day labourers killed in Jalisco", 21 May 2022.

...With their dreams cut short, with no money in their bags and in coffins, 13 agricultural day workers are returning today to their lands of origin after losing their lives in a car accident on Wednesday night in Tuxcueca, Jalisco, which, according to their relatives and the driver's family, could have been avoided.

This Friday, the Jalisco man who was driving Ruza's personal transport truck, who at all costs tried to save the lives of the 33 people on board when he realised that the vehicle had run out of brakes, was also mourned and buried; he only managed to save 19.

After the tragic event, it has been a sudden and unpleasant journey for the families of the day workers who were hired by BerryMex, in the states of Nayarit, Puebla, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Veracruz and the State of Mexico....

"...The only thing they always complained about was the transport (RUZA company) and that was the detail... it was very deteriorated, the cars were always in a bad state..."....

Currently, they do not know if the children who have been left without their father will receive any economic support from the company BerryMex or Ruza.

...His son had already commented at home and at work about the mechanical failures of the vehicle belonging to the RUZA company, which provided a service to BerryMex to transport its staff from the house to the agricultural fields and vice-versa.

Nobody took action and in the end 14 died despite the manoeuvres Arturo tried. "He couldn't save any more," exclaimed Hermila. Arturo also died...

By telephone, Oscar Eduardo Olmedo, head of public relations at BerryMex told DEBATE: "The human resources department is fully supporting the families....

(Translated by the BHRRC)