For the second day in a row, producers affiliated with the National Union of Agricultural Workers (UNTA) are maintaining blockades on various highways in Mexico , demanding fair prices for corn and sorghum crops. This has affected the transport of goods and could cause “serious economic repercussions in the supply chain ,” warned the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (Canacar) .
The organization expressed its concern about the blockades, noting that the impacts are occurring on various roads in the country, which are key logistics corridors for the transportation of goods in Mexico , “since food, raw materials, fuel, industrial products, and basic consumer goods are transported along these routes.”
“Every hour of disruption to road traffic causes millions of dollars in economic losses, affects the productivity of freight transport companies, puts operators’ physical safety at risk, delays freight deliveries, and hinders the supply of essential products for millions of Mexican families,” Canacar stated in a statement.
The organization stated that it is “sensitive to the demands of Mexican agricultural producers; however, measures such as roadblocks are not the way to achieve lasting solutions.” Therefore, it called for dialogue between authorities at all three levels of government and producers to avoid further impacts.
So far, damage has been reported in Guerrero, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa, and Tlaxcala , with the possibility that more states will join throughout the day.
In Guerrero, a total blockade is reported on the Cuernavaca-Chilpancingo highway , near kilometer (km) 105+500, according to information from the National Guard .
In Guanajuato, there is a complete closure of the Yuriria-Salvatierra Highway at km 15+500, and partial closures of the Querétaro-León highway at km 125+300; the Querétaro-San Luis Potosí highway at km 62+000; and the San Felipe-Cerro Gordo highway at km 128+000.
In Jalisco, the Acámbaro-Salvatierra highway remains blocked at km 061+450, and there are partial closures on the Santa Rosa-La Barca highway at km 000+035; the Atotonilco-La Barca highway at km 001+000; and the Guadalajara-Colima highway at km 040+000.
The blockades near Guadalajara directly affect the logistics route connecting the port of Manzanillo with the center and north of the country.
In Michoacán, the total closure continues at km 007+100 of the Purépero de Echaiz-La Piedad de Cavadas highway and a partial closure at km 000+000 of the Jiquilpan-Sahuayo highway .
On the Maravatío-Zapotlanejo highway, which connects Jalisco and Michoacán, total and partial blockages have been reported in several sections , complicating the transit of goods to and from the ports of Manzanillo and Lázaro Cárdenas.
In Sinaloa, total closures are reported on the Las Brisas-Los Mochis highway at km 132+000 and the Las Brisas-Culiacán highway at km 110+000. In addition, in Tlaxcala, a partial closure is reported on the Los Reyes-Zacatepec highway , along the Calpulalpan section where it connects with Sanctorum.
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