Nestor Jimenez
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, November 28, 2025, p. 5
After four days of blockades on roads, booths and customs, the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside (FNRCM) and the National Association of Transporters (Antac) concluded the protests after reaching agreements with Rosa Icela Rodríguez, head of the Ministry of the Interior (SG), in which the modification of the General Water Law initiative and attention to the demands of farmers and greater security on the roads were agreed.
For this there will be “a permanent work table” with new meetings already scheduled to specify guarantee prices and credits for the field.
The request they made for “the exclusion of basic grains and oilseeds” in the eventual review of the T-MEC will also be discussed, with the intention that the national market be the one that sets prices. In terms of security, a prosecutor’s office specialized in road crimes will be created.
After fruitless meetings throughout the week, yesterday the leaders of both groups returned to the headquarters of the SG to resume dialogue with federal officials and the National Water Commission (Conagua). The meeting began at 8 in the morning and continued uninterrupted for more than 13 hours.
At night, the federal agency confirmed that “the protesters committed to immediately lifting the road blockades (…) to end the impact on the free movement of the population and restore the passage of emergency services.”
In a statement he announced the installation of the three tables: “one to address the concerns they have regarding the issue of road safety; another to clarify doubts about legal regulations regarding water, and the third to address rural issues.” He also expressed “his willingness to follow up on the problems of the field and the transporters, as well as the delivery of the corresponding support directly in the territory, to each of the producers.”
Meanwhile, Eraclio Rodríguez, leader of the FNRCM, explained that in the General Water Law initiative there will be adjustments for “the issue of concessions (of the liquid) so that they can be inherited.” Furthermore, it is outlined that the initiative will give “differential treatment when it comes to water for agriculture or when it comes to the resource for industrial or other types of use,” but it will follow the premise in the legislative proposal to privilege domestic use in the liquid extracted from wells.
Baltazar Valdez, president of Campesinos Unidos de Sinaloa, added that there was a commitment from the federal government “to remove all pending payments of the support that we have been demanding for wheat and corn.”
Meanwhile, David Estévez, leader of Antac, pointed out that they agreed that state police will no longer participate in surveillance on the roads unless they are “watched” by the National Guard, and security cameras will be installed at various points.
