“As part of a nationwide protest against low purchase prices for crops and proposed changes to the National Water Law, farmers in the northern border state of Chihuahua broke into the customs office at the Córdova-Las Americas International Bridge in Ciudad Juárez on Monday.”
MND Staff
The actions were part of the megabloqueo, or mega-blockade, in which truckers and farmers shut down highways in more than half of Mexico’s 32 federal entities on Monday.
President Sheinbaum spent a large portion of her Tuesday morning press conference on the issue of gender-based violence before addressing the ongoing highway blockades by truckers and farmers.
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Truckers and farmers are blocking highways across Mexico this Monday, Nov. 24 as they call on the federal government to combat insecurity and extortion and provide more support for producers…
