Over the past week, farmers’ protests have continued to spread and intensify throughout Mexico. Although the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside (FNRCM) and the National Association of Transporters (Antac) reached agreements with the Mexican government to end protests on November 27, other farmers’ organizations confirmed plans to resume protests from December 1 – 3 and target additional facilities, including border posts along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Renewed blockades were especially severe in the state of Zacatecas, where the Union of Agricultural Wells of Zacatecas (UPAZ) launched statewide highway and toll booth blockades on December 1.
The proposed National Water Law remains a sticking point in negotiations, as many agricultural organizations say that the law would harm their interests. Talks are ongoing to adjust points in the law to the groups’ demands related to recognition of agricultural rights to water use.
Several organizations, including the FNRCM and the Association of Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Geologists of Mexico (AIMMGM), have warned of future mobilizations if these demands are not met.
New blockades continue to disrupt logistics operations throughout Mexico
Agricultural producers resumed road blockades on December 1 following the collapse of negotiations over the proposed General Water Law, triggering widespread disruptions across Mexico.
Among the most impacted states were Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, and Chihuahua. In Zacatecas, farmers carried out some of the most extensive road closures, blocking nearly all major access points into Fresnillo, Guadalupe, and Zacatecas City. Intermittent one-hour stoppages were enforced along the Aguascalientes–Zacatecas Highway at the Osiris toll booth, the Zacatecas–Fresnillo corridor, and the Guadalajara–Zacatecas route, leaving thousands of freight trucks, buses, and private motorists stranded.
Additional blockades were set up at the Calera de Víctor Rosales toll booth, the Zacatecas–Saltillo–Monterrey highway near Villa de Cos, and the Las Arsinas checkpoint toward San Luis Potosí, resulting in multi-kilometer queues across key commercial corridors.
Additionally, in Aguascalientes, farmers intensified protests by blocking four key highway points across the state, including Highway 45, the San Jacinto–Highway 71 junction, and Highway 70 East.
Additionally, in Chihuahua, protestors targeted international border bridges near the border between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, United States. On December 3, farmers shut down cargo operations at the Córdova–Américas International Bridge in Ciudad Juárez, leading to dozens of freight trucks being stranded as demonstrators blocked access to commercial lanes.
By the morning of December 4, disruptions had expanded significantly. Authorities confirmed full closures at all four major international crossings in Chihuahua, including Santa Teresa, Guadalupe-Tornillo, Zaragoza, and Córdova–Américas.
The closures are now causing substantial delays for northbound and southbound commercial traffic, and authorities have advised carriers to expect extended wait times and consider alternate routes. Roadway protests were also widespread in other parts of Chihuahua, where farmers gathered at several major roadway points but stopped short of blocking traffic. Separately, demonstrators in Chihuahua also blocked rail lines in Saucillo and Estación Consuelo.
Elsewhere, groups from Puebla, Veracruz, Guanajuato, and Tlaxcala led convoys towards Mexico City on December 3, causing disruptions in these states as well as in the greater Mexico City area.
Affected roadways included the Puebla-Orizaba highway (150D), the Mexico-Toluca Highway (15D), the México-Querétaro Highway (57D), the Peñón-Texcoco Highway (136D), and the exterior ring road of Mexico City. These convoys were in protest of planned legislative meetings taking place in Mexico City. As negotiations drag on and meetings continue, further protest convoys and disruptions on routes leading to and from Mexico City are likely.
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