Transporters and farmers announce road blockade; the government calls for dialogue

Alejandro Alegría

La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, November 22, 2025, p. 11

Next Monday, transport organizations and peasant groups will hold a national blockade to demand that the federal government provide a solution to the problems of insecurity on the roads.

The National Association of Transporters called on its members not to load merchandise and to participate in the strike, as they consider that the dialogue with the authorities is making no progress. In addition to insecurity on roads, they also denounce extortion by alleged members of the National Guard.

Affectations are expected in Mexico City, state of Mexico, Chihuahua, Chiapas, Michoacán, Jalisco, Querétaro, Sonora, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Puebla.

The National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside will also participate, which demands solutions to the price of corn and other agricultural products.

In just the four-day blockades at the end of last October, the National Chamber of the Processing Industry recorded losses of 2.8 billion pesos, an amount that includes damages due to transportation delays, cancellation of deliveries, extraordinary storage costs and temporary shortages of industrial inputs and basic foods; 80 percent of goods and supplies are transported by road.

Meanwhile, in a joint position, the ministries of the Interior and Agriculture and Rural Development made reference to the working groups with producers and farmers. “We reiterate that the path of dialogue is the best solution to address and resolve the problems.”

They added that, at the request of the former, on Monday there will be a dialogue table on the water law initiative, with members of the Chamber of Deputies.

Commitment of care

Regarding transporters, the Government reports that “it maintains constant meetings with the various national and local groups, as well as different agencies of the federal government to contribute to road safety and facilitate procedures in competent areas and in coordination with the entities.”

The secretariats stressed “the commitment to listen to and address the issues that both agricultural producers and transporters have. In turn, the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation indicated that it will not participate in the blockades, since “they seriously affect the country’s economy, generate risks for citizens and compromise the safety of operators, vehicles and merchandise.”