Mexico's President Reports Minimal Impact of Highway Blockades

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that in many cases, alternative routes were set up to avoid problems with cargo and passenger transport. She added that there are two active blockades, one in Guanajuato, 'but it was not what they had said it would be, and their demands are being addressed.' Claudia Sheinbaum emphasized to the protesting transport and farmer organizations that the times when the Mexican government distributed resources to their leaders are over, as the money is now delivered directly. 'That is what we are telling all those who are demonstrating, we support up to the limit of what is possible with the public budget, we support due to the low prices of grains,' she noted. According to the Secretariat of the Interior, the National Association of Transporters (ANTAC) and the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Field blocked 11 highways in nine states, despite the call for protests in 20 entities. Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez added that the call for a national highway strike only brought out 575 people and 161 vehicles. Only private vehicles are allowed to pass. Guanajuato: Federal Highway 90 Pénjamo - La Piedad, at the height of the Laguna Larga de Cortés community. In the case of ANTAC, the main demand is for greater security on Mexico's highways. However, personnel in charge of the highways activated the anti-evasion spikes, which generated long lines of cars. As of 11:00 a.m. on this Tuesday, April 7, blockades remain in place: Michoacán: Maravatío-Contepec highway, at the Contepec toll booth. According to data from the National Commission on Insurance and Finance, the number of insurance claims for truck accidents increased by almost 98 percent in 2025. 'Cargo transport insurance has had a high loss rate for over a year and although its premiums are expensive, it continues to be sold for this reason,' informed the Mexican Association of Insurance and Finance Agents in a report. Farmers demand that the federal government give them more support to compensate for their losses due to the decrease in international prices for grains such as corn, beans, and wheat. 'Some withdrew after agreeing to meetings so that dialogues can continue,' he said at a press conference on Monday, April 6. In some cases, such as at the La Venta toll booth on the Mexico-Toluca highway, protesters allowed free passage to motorists. The 'highway mega-blockade' 'was not what they had said it would be,' said President Claudia Sheinbaum while highlighting that there were few disruptions due to the taking of toll booths and highways. 'There were really very few blockades. Regarding this, President Sheinbaum said that she had given instructions to prioritize the purchase of the national production of these inputs.