Truckers and producers, demanding more security on the highways, declared a national transport strike on Monday with plans to establish highway blockades in 20 states after negotiations with the federal government failed to find common ground.
- Mexico City-Queretaro
- Mexico City-Cuernavaca (Morelos)
- Mexico City-Pachuca (Hidalgo)
- Mexico-Puebla
- The Northern Arc beltway around Mexico City
- Mexicali (Baja California)-San Luis Potosí
- Mexiquense Outer Circuit
- Mexico City-Toluca
- Naucalpan–Ecatepec (México state)
- Federal Highway 45 (Querétaro, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes and San Luis Potosí)
- Federal Highway 49 (Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí)
- Via Corte a Chihuahua (Chihuahua-Parral highway)
- Salamanca–Celaya Highway (Guanajuato)
- Federal Highway 15D (Mexico City through the Bajío to Guadalajara)
- Culiacán–Mazatlán Highway (Sinaloa)
- Morelia–Pátzcuaro Highway (Michoacán)
Motorists were advised to consult official information provided by the authorities such as Capufe (Mexico’s federal highway agency) and avoid traveling on the indicated roads.
Early Monday, the federal government acknowledged that 11 of the highways had been blockaded, impacting at least nine states.
The government also managed to convince protesters blocking the Mexico City-Toluca highway to withdraw.
🚨🚧Inician transportistas y agricultores paro nacional en diferentes estados de la República.
Veracruz, Chihuahua, Morelos, Michoacán, Jalisco, Tlaxcala, Edomex, son algunas de las entidades donde ya hay bloqueos 🚨🚧 pic.twitter.com/Yr5jl2yYnY— ReporterosEnLaZona (@Reporteroszona) April 6, 2026
By mid-day, media were describing chaos and severe delays along many of the roadways specified, though Mexiquense Noticias reported that there was no evident strike action along the Mexico City-Puebla highway.
Previous ANTAC-FNRCM blockades lasted about five hours, although partial blockades lasted several hours longer in some areas.
Truckers have been demanding that the federal government provide greater security on the highways and reduce the number of unregulated checkpoints.
ANTAC claims that there are an average of 40 cargo truck robberies each day with truckers also suffering extortion and threats of murder. They are asking that the National Guard be permanently deployed on specified highways.
The truckers have also complained about massive corruption at the “official” checkpoints.
The protesters also decry what they describe as “unfair and disloyal” agricultural import rules that cause market distortions.
At the same time, truckers are asking that the IEPS tax on diesel fuel be eliminated.
The government’s stance that dialogue is the only acceptable solution is supported by business organizations such as Concamin, Conacar and Canapat). But the truckers say negotiations have failed to gain traction and the violence on the roads continues unabated.
Additionally, the protesters are demanding direct talks with President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has consistently said that the Interior Ministry is the sole interlocutor for the federal government.
With reports from N+, La Silla Rota and El Universal
