Mexico driver strike: what's closed and what to tell your customers

Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez said she and the finance, security and transportation ministries met at Segob with the trucking groups CONCAMIN, CANAPAT, ANTP and CONATRAM, which said they do not support CANACAR's strike. CANACAR was not among the groups she named. The National Guard reported one lane open each way at the Tehuacán toll plaza on the Tehuacán-Oaxaca highway, after the full closure. New closures: CAPUFE closed the Acayucan-Cosoleacaque highway at km 39 toward Cosoleacaque, in Veracruz, and the National Guard reported a partial closure on the Puebla-Orizaba highway toward Puebla at the La Esperanza toll plaza. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

Outside Mexico City, drivers partly blocked the Mexico City-Pachuca highway at the San Cristóbal toll plaza in Ecatepec, with two lanes toward the city taken and three open, and gathered along the roads around the AIFA airport. The convoy that left Tepotzotlán was last reported at Cuautitlán Izcalli, heading into Mexico City. Reports of drivers at every highway into Mexico City trace to social media posts, not a CANACAR statement. In Reynosa, Zócalo reported light truck traffic at the Reynosa-Pharr customs office, with no blockade. Segob asked CANACAR members to stop road blockades, and no outcome of the 11:00 AM Mexico City meeting has been published.

CAPUFE now lists one closure on its highways: the Tehuacán-Oaxaca highway at the Tehuacán toll plaza. The Huitzo toll plaza is open again, and protesters at the La Carbonera toll plaza on the Saltillo bypass are not blocking traffic. Mexico's interior ministry (Segob) called on drivers to avoid disrupting the public. At 1:00 PM CDT, CBP showed Laredo's World Trade Bridge at 10 minutes, up from 5, and Brownsville's Veterans bridge at 30, up from 20. Pharr was at 50, up from 45. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

In Tijuana, drivers are gathering for a truck march that starts and ends next to the Otay import customs office, El Imparcial reported, with video from Frontera. Expect slow traffic near Otay Mesa. The National Guard reported drivers on the shoulders of the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo and Matehuala-Monterrey highways, the main routes to the Laredo crossings, with no closure reported. At noon, CBP showed Pharr at 45 minutes and Brownsville's Veterans bridge at 20. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

At 12:01 PM, CAPUFE reported that protesters left the Tepotzotlán toll plaza and the Mexico City-Querétaro highway is running normally there in both directions. Drivers then started a convoy toward Mexico City on the same highway, with two lanes open. CAPUFE now lists two full closures on the Tehuacán-Oaxaca highway, at the Tehuacán and Huitzo toll plazas. The National Guard reported a full closure of the Puebla-Xalapa highway near Xalapa, in Veracruz. In Nuevo Laredo, El Mañana reported one lane open in each direction on the Carretera Nacional, the free highway from Monterrey, at the city's entrance sign. CBP has posted no new Texas readings since 11:00 AM CDT. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

Near the border, local outlet Noticias 24siete reported with photos at 11:30 AM that traffic reopened on the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway at the entrance to Nuevo Laredo. It did not say how long the road had been closed. In Reynosa, El Mañana reported about 180 trucks in the protest, causing congestion on the Monterrey-Reynosa highway and city boulevards. The National Guard confirmed the full closure of the Tehuacán-Oaxaca highway at the Tehuacán toll plaza and pointed drivers to the free road between Huajuapan and Tehuacán. At 11:00 AM CDT, CBP showed Pharr at 45 minutes, down from 50, and Brownsville's Veterans bridge at 20. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

Mexico's interior ministry (Segob) counted 38 protest points in 19 states as of 10:30 AM CDT, with 691 vehicles. It reported one full blockade, in Tlaxcala, plus partial closures elsewhere in Tlaxcala and Veracruz. At 11:03 AM, CAPUFE reported the Tehuacán-Oaxaca highway closed in both directions at the Tehuacán toll plaza, and the Mendoza-Córdoba highway in Veracruz open again. CAPUFE still lists the Tepotzotlán toll plaza on the Mexico City-Querétaro highway as open, but video posted at 11:09 AM shows a partial closure there. In Chihuahua, the National Guard reported drivers on the shoulder of the highway from Chihuahua toward Ciudad Juárez at the El Sacramento toll plaza, with traffic moving. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

At 10:21 AM, CAPUFE reported that the Tehuacán-Oaxaca highway at the Huitzo toll plaza is open again. It also reported a new full closure in Veracruz: the Mendoza-Córdoba highway, part of the main route between Mexico City and the port of Veracruz, is closed in both directions at km 269. Mexico's National Guard reported a partial closure on the Mexico City-Pachuca highway heading into Mexico City. Drivers are gathering on the Saltillo-Monterrey highway and running a slow caravan between Reynosa and Río Bravo, with no blockade reported. At the border at 10:00 AM CDT, CBP showed no commercial delay at Laredo's World Trade Bridge, and Pharr held at 50 minutes. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

CAPUFE reported the first full highway closure: the Tehuacán-Oaxaca highway at the Huitzo toll plaza, closed in both directions. Mexico's National Guard reported partial closures at the Texcoco toll plaza east of Mexico City and on the Xalapa-Banderillas highway in Veracruz. On the Matehuala-Monterrey highway, the main route from central Mexico to Monterrey and the Laredo crossings, it reported protesters on the shoulder with traffic still moving. In the same post, CAPUFE said the Tepotzotlán toll plaza on the Mexico City-Querétaro highway is still open. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

President Sheinbaum said at her morning press conference that strike leaders will meet with Segob and the finance ministry (Hacienda) at 11:00 AM Mexico City time (12:00 PM CDT). Mexico's National Guard reported protesters on the shoulders of the Mexico City-Querétaro and Mexico City-Pachuca highways, with traffic still moving. At the border, Pharr's commercial wait was 50 minutes at 9:00 AM CDT, up from 20 minutes at 7:00 AM, per CBP. CBP doesn't give a cause. No highway, bridge or customs closure is confirmed.

No highway, bridge or customs closure is confirmed. At 8:28 AM CDT, Mexico's federal toll-road operator (CAPUFE) reported protesters in both directions at the Tepotzotlán toll plaza on the Mexico City-Querétaro highway, with traffic still moving. Infobae, a Spanish-language news site, reported trucks parked in the side lanes near Nuevo Laredo without blocking traffic, and slow traffic between Reynosa and Río Bravo. We have not seen any statement from Mexico's customs agency (ANAM) or its transport ministry (SICT) about border delays.

Mexico's interior ministry (Segob) said most trucking groups agreed to talks. CANACAR kept its strike call.