Indigenous Council Mounts Five Road Blockades Across Michoacán

Overview

• The Consejo Supremo Indígena de Michoacán is staging coordinated road blockades at five strategic points across the state.
• The targeted spots include Zacapu–Zamora, Pátzcuaro–Uruapan, Paracho–Uruapan, the Zirahuén toll on the Siglo XXI highway, and Cherán–Zamora.
• The council says the action responds to persistent insecurity as well as what it calls state failure to honor previous agreements with indigenous communities.
• CSIM convened the protest after a consensus vote in its General Assembly of civil, communal, and traditional authorities.
• Local outlets urged drivers and freight operators to use alternate routes, noting that the Siglo XXI corridor carries heavy traffic for people and goods, and that Acachuén had already been protesting for days.