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CNTE Ends 48-Hour Strike With Toll-Plaza Takeovers as Mexico City Tightens Security

Teachers used toll‑plaza actions to press pension reforms alongside higher funding.

Overview

  • CNTE contingents lifted barriers to allow free passage at the MéxicoCuernavaca and San Marcos (MéxicoPuebla) toll booths, with the Cuernavaca action lasting about three hours before mid‑day closure.
  • CAPUFE reported live roadway updates including partial closures, slowdowns and incidents, noting protesters’ presence at Puente Sinaloa without halting traffic and the clearing of Ocozocoautla earlier in the day.
  • Mexico City’s SSC and C5 issued march and traffic advisories and reinforced concrete and metal barricades around the Zócalo and Palacio Nacional following attempts to breach fencing.
  • Legislative activity at the Chamber of Deputies was suspended during the protests, while CNTE said it would lift its plantón and weigh a longer, potentially 72‑hour stoppage in a forthcoming assembly.
  • CNTE reiterated demands to scrap the 2007 ISSSTE framework, roll back recent education reforms, boost budgets for education and health, and warned it could target 2026 World Cup activities if talks stall.