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"A LICENSE TO
STEAL" -- Part 1
Photos from Infrastructure Inspection Trip
of 19 January 2009
by Henry Posner III, Chairman, Ferrovias Guatemala
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The systemic looting of an irreplaceable national asset is a crime in
progress best documented in photographs. These photos speak for
themselves as perhaps the most visible evidence of the effects of the
declaration of "Lesivo" against Ferrovias Guatemala by the
Government of Guatemala.
That this would occur in an era of high fuel prices, increased concern
about the environment, and renewed focus on infrastructure as a driver
of economic development speaks louder than anything that I could
personally say or do.
Yes, this has been consistently reported to the government and we will
continue to do so.
Henry Posner III
Chairman, Ferrovias Guatemala
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Puente
"Sin Nombre", Mile Post 177.77 |
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Theft of track
material, bridge structural cross members (ties burnt to facilitate
removal)
(1 of 2)
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Theft of track
material, bridge structural cross members (ties burnt to facilitate
removal)
(2 of 2)
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Area freshly
bulldozed to access bridge to remove structural cross members
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Mile
Post 177.5
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Theft of angle bars,
spikes and tie plates
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Puente
"Azacualpilla", Mile Post 177.17
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Theft of bridge
structural cross members and guard rail (1 of 3)
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Theft of structural
cross members (2 of 3)
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Theft of structural cross
members (3 of 3)
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Puente "Los
Encuentros", Mile Post 174.13 |
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Theft of bridge structural
cross members (1 of 2)
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Theft of structural cross
members
(2 of 2)
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Mile
Post 138 (South of El Rancho Station) |
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Theft of entire
track
material (1 of 2)
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(click on photo to enlarge)
Theft of entire
track
material (2 of 2)
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"A
License to Steal" - Part 2, The Public Sector"
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