Overview
- A nighttime fire early Monday at PepsiCo’s distribution center on Avenida Marte R. Gómez in Matamoros destroyed or damaged dozens of delivery trucks, with local reports citing 57 vehicles affected and no injuries reported.
- Firefighters, Protección Civil and security forces at municipal, state and federal levels fought the blaze for several hours and stopped it from spreading to other parts of the facility.
- PepsiCo México said it has found no evidence so far of prior threats or extortion and that it is cooperating with authorities while keeping operations in Tamaulipas.
- The Fiscalía General de Justicia de Tamaulipas has opened a formal probe to establish whether the fire was caused accidentally or was deliberately set, and officials have not released an official cause.
- Versions on social media tying the fire to 'cobro de piso' circulated after the incident but remain unconfirmed, and the loss of dozens of trucks could disrupt local deliveries and require fleet and logistics adjustments as the investigation continues.