Overview
- ANTAC and the National Front to Rescue Mexican Agriculture confirmed a national stoppage with highway and border closures starting Monday at 7 a.m.
- After a roughly 10–12 hour meeting Thursday with the agriculture ministry and the president’s office, organizers set a Saturday, April 4 deadline for a concrete reply.
- Severe disruptions could last about 10 hours, and industry group CANACAR warns of partial or total closures on Mexico City access roads, major corridors, and at crossings such as Ciudad Juárez.
- Leaders cite deadly highway crime and extortion and seek permanent National Guard patrols, safe rest stops, diesel tax relief, access to public health care, insurance, and price guarantees for basic grains.
- Mexico’s Interior Ministry says the government has addressed the petitions and sees no cause for the protest, leaving the scope to hinge on any response before the deadline.