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Farmers Ease Some Highway Blockades as Mexico Water Law Protests Persist

Producers press the federal government for suspension of the draft water law, water subsidies, plus regularized concession titles.

Overview

  • After a Dec. 3 meeting, Guanajuato farm leaders said their requests were incorporated into the draft and began removing obstructions at eight highway points.
  • In Coahuila’s Allende, producers partially blocked Federal Highway 57 with tractors and cars, leaving a single lane each way as they pledged to continue until there is a federal response.
  • Querétaro experienced a closure of Highway 57 toward San Luis Potosí for more than six hours near the Querétaro Industrial Park, halting public, cargo, and private transport.
  • Chihuahua’s SICT reported ongoing disruptions, including interruptions at the Tornillo-Guadalupe, Santa Teresa, and Zaragoza border crossings, and a partial tollbooth blockade in Saucillo with one lane per direction.
  • San Luis Potosí’s interior secretariat reported no confirmed calls for blockades, underscoring uneven mobilization across states.