MEXICO CITY – Coca-Cola Femsa, the company’s bottler, has announced that it will be temporarily suspending operations of its distribution center in Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, over security concerns.
The company shut down operations last Friday and will be evaluating the viability of its operations and reviewing its operating procedures keeping in mind the safety of its more than 350 employees in the locality.
The company added that it will continue operating normally in other parts of the state in compliance with its protocols and security measures.
On Feb. 18, teachers from Guerrero detained Coca-Cola employees in Chilpancingo’s main plaza in exchange for the release of three students accused of looting the company’s trucks.
The employees were released by the members of the State Coordinator of Education Workers of Guerrero, CETEG, early the next day after Coca-Cola agreed to withdraw the charges against the students.
CETEG has held several protests, some violent, against the 2013 education reform which did away with privileges that the teaching unions enjoyed during the hiring, evaluating, promoting and retaining of teachers.
It has also joined protests over the case of 43 teacher trainees who were kidnapped on Sep. 26 in the Guerrero town of Iguala after coming under attack by the police and who remain missing.
Coca-Cola Femsa is the multinational’s largest public bottler in the world.
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