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Nationwide Trucker and Farm Blockades Set for Today in Mexico

The interior ministry set an 11 a.m. meeting with organizers to try to head off widespread disruptions.

Overview

  • Organizers from ANTAC, FNRCM and MAC plan to begin coordinated highway actions around 8:00 a.m., with closures forecast on key routes into Mexico City including the México–Toluca, México–Querétaro, México–Pachuca, México–Puebla and México–Cuernavaca corridors.
  • Segob called leaders to Bucareli for talks at 11:00 a.m. with Conagua, Agriculture and Economy officials present, urging dialogue to avoid harm to the public and commerce.
  • Participation remains mixed as some major federations, including Fematrac as well as CANACAR and CONATRAM noted by Segob, said they will not join the action.
  • Airlines such as Viva Aerobus and Volaris and several bus lines advised travelers to leave early and consider alternate routes, with potential impacts on access roads to airports including AIFA.
  • Transporters demand stronger highway security and faster procedures for plates, licenses and medical exams, while farm groups seek price guarantees, a development bank for the countryside and exclusion of staple grains from T‑MEC reviews, and they warn of possible customs takeovers and extended actions if no agreement is reached, with Tamaulipas planning seven block points including two international bridges.