Overview

• The protest closed the Acapulco-Pinotepa highway from the morning of July 15 until midday July 16, cutting off the only road linking Guerrero’s Costa Chica to Oaxaca.
• Organizers demanded a participatory damage census overseen by community committees to ensure all families affected by Hurricane Erick are included in aid distribution.
• Hurricane Erick’s landfall on June 19 damaged over 26,000 homes, destroyed crops and left dozens of communities without electricity, water or phone service.
• Protesters say federal and state authorities have yet to respond substantively to their demands, deepening distrust after previous relief efforts overlooked vulnerable households.
• Blockade leaders framed this action as the opening salvo in a broader campaign for accountability and urged media and human rights organizations to monitor for potential state repression.