For the fourth consecutive day, truckers and farmers continue to block various highways in Mexico, disrupting the flow of goods in at least 12 states, with incalculable costs for the logistics sector.
According to reports circulating among business organizations, there are disruptions in Tlaxcala , on the Arco Norte highway: San Martín Texmelucan-Ocotoxco at kilometer markers 28+800 and 195+750 in both directions. In the same state, the Casta Calpulalpan highway towards Mexico City is blocked, as is the Los Reyes-Zacatepec highway near kilometer marker 60+100.
In Michoacán, damage is reported in at least seven locations: Panindícuaro, Western Highway km 307; Zinapécuaro toll booth on the 15D toll highway, Atlacomulco-Zapotlanejo; Federal Highway 15, Villamar-Jiquilpan; Venustiano Carranza, Federal Highway 110 Sahuayo/La Barca.
Also, on the Sahuayo-La Barca federal highway, at the La Palma intersection and the four corners intersection; the Zamora-Morelia and Zamora-Guadalajara Western Highway; and on the Villamar-Jiquilpan highway.
Blockades are also reported in Chihuahua , in the southern corridor: from Meoqui – Delicias – Saucillo – Camargo – Zavalza and Jiménez, and in the northwest area: Ascensión-Janos.
In addition, there are impacts in Jalisco on the Guadalajara-Atlacomulco highway, in Ocotlán, km 400; as well as on the La Barca–Atotonilco highway, km 1+800, in La Barca; on the Mexico-Guadalajara highway, km 426, at the Ocotlán toll booth.
Also, on the Irapuato–Guadalajara highway, km 159+500, in Atotonilco; the Atotonilco-Ayotlán highway, where there is intermittent blocking in both directions; on Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and the Guadalajara-Morelia highway, San Antonio neighborhood in La Barca; on the Guadalajara-Morelia highway, in both directions; on the Jamay-La Barca highway; and on the Guadalajara-Colima highway, km 87 to Ciudad Guzmán.
Other states with road blockades are: Baja California , on the San Luis Río Colorado-Mexicali highway km 2+000; Sonora , at the Fortín toll booth; Sinaloa , at the Costa Rica, Pisal and Cuatro Caminos toll booths in Guasave; San Luis Potosí , in Matehuala and Rioverde and at km 87 of highway 57D.
The protests are also taking place in Guanajuato , on the Abasolo-La Piedad highway and Federal Highway 90 Pénjamo-Santa Ana Pacueco; as well as in Tamaulipas , on the Matamoros-Reynosa highway near Nuevo Progreso de Río Bravo. In Hidalgo , the blockades are on the Texmelucan-Atlacomulco highway, with no access to Texmelucan, only as far as Calpulalpan, and in Veracruz , on the Gulf Coast Highway, Acayucan-Soteapan section.
Customs disruptions
The blockades also affect the customs offices at the Zaragoza International Bridge, the Tornillo-Guadalupe International Bridge, the San Jerónimo International Bridge, the Córdova de las Américas International Bridge, and the Palomas de Villa Port of Entry in Chihuahua .
In Sonora , the customs offices with blockades are: Garita Mariposa, in Nogales.
It is worth remembering that the blockades by transporters and agricultural producers began on November 24 and have extended until this Thursday, November 27, as the organizations leading the demonstrations, such as the National Association of Transporters (ANTAC), claim that their demands have not been met by the federal authorities , after meetings with the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) .
Among the demands are greater security on roads and highways, as they have indicated that they are constant victims of extortion and robberies ; payment of debts to corn, wheat and soy producers; review of reforms such as the National Water Law, about which the farmers expressed their concern about possible impacts, as well as direct dialogue and immediate solutions, since, they indicate, previous agreements have not been fulfilled.
The protesters have warned that if an agreement is not reached – they are holding another dialogue session this Thursday at the Ministry of the Interior – the road closures will continue throughout the weekend.
Main image taken from @SICT_Michoacan .
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