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MexicaliCalexico Cargo Port Still Shut as Farmers Hold the Line Over Water-Law Reforms

Protesters demand enforceable changes to recently approved national water rules.

Overview

  • The full blockade of the Puerta de Entrada Este has entered a fourth day, with tractors and trucks sealing the commercial crossing.
  • Agricultural leaders Horacio Gómez Carranza and Juan Carlos Fierro Yáñez met with Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila and Conagua director Efraín Morales.
  • Business groups estimate losses of about 100 million pesos per day, reaching roughly 300 million pesos after 72 hours of closure.
  • Industry representatives report near paralysis in maquiladora supply chains and warn of potential shortages of perishables such as chicken and eggs.
  • Protesters say earlier signed agreements were not honored and insist on concrete, enforceable commitments before lifting the blockade that halts more than 1,800 trucks daily.