Mexican truckers end national strike after Segob agrees to working groups
Trucking business · Oct 28 · By Truker
Mexico's national trucking chamber CANACAR and allied groups agreed Oct. 27 to lift highway blockades that began Oct. 26, after a meeting with Mexico's Interior Ministry (Segob) produced four high-level working groups on the sector's demands.
The points
- 1CANACAR and other carrier groups began a nationwide strike with highway protests on Oct. 26, 2026.
- 2After a meeting at Segob on Oct. 27, the groups committed to "retirar definitivamente los bloqueos y suspender las manifestaciones del transporte de carga" (permanently withdraw the blockades and suspend freight transport protests), according to a Segob statement.
- 3Fematrac and HAMOTAC leaders joined CANACAR at the meeting. CANACAR president Augusto Ramos said protesters had been told to break ranks and that highways were clear, as quoted by La Jornada.
- 4Segob said it will coordinate four working groups with federal agencies covering highway security, infrastructure, tax matters, social security and labor conditions.
- 5Revista TyT reported that some protesters were still at highway sites as of 12:30 p.m. local time, waiting for a joint announcement.
Why it matters
Cross-border carriers and shippers with Mexico lanes can expect highway operations to normalize, but the underlying security and tax disputes move to negotiation and aren't settled.
What we read
CANACAR X · Segob via La Jornada, Oct. 27: jornada.com.mx · Excelsior