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Farm Protests Keep Highways Disrupted for Fifth Day as Maize Price Standoff Persists

Regional offers of 6,050 pesos per ton plus a 950‑peso support leave key producer groups unconvinced.

Overview

  • Roadblocks and partial closures continue across multiple states, with confirmed disruptions at points such as the Mexico–Querétaro highway at Tepotzotlán, QuerétaroIrapuato at km 64, and MaravatíoZapotlanejo toll plazas.
  • Producers are pressing for a guaranteed maize price of 7,200 pesos per ton, far above a cited reference of 3,129 pesos.
  • Sinaloa growers rejected the agreements and kept actions at casetas and bridges, warning of possible expansion to border customs if talks stall.
  • Campesinos Unidos de Sinaloa leader Baltazar Valdez said mobilizations will resume on November 5 following a temporary pause for Day of the Dead events.
  • Authorities report shifting conditions with some stretches reopened and others blocked, as CAPUFE, SICT and the National Guard issue updates that include Tlaxcala’s Los ReyesMéxicoZacatepec route remaining open with protesters on the laterals.