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Mexican carriers agreed this Tuesday to remove highway blockades and suspend mobilizations, which had spread to more than half of the country, following a working meeting in which the Mexican government offered to address fiscal, security, and infrastructure issues, according to an official source.
The mobilized sector demands, among other things, security on highways, infrastructure, tax incentives, irregular transport, abuse of authority, toll rates, and operating conditions.
The agreement came after a meeting between the Secretariat of the Interior (Segob), representatives of the National Chamber of Freight Transport (Canacar), and other organizations in the sector, in which "an institutional attention route" was established.
"It was agreed to hold working groups with the competent agencies to address issues of highway safety, infrastructure, tax matters, social security, and working conditions," indicated the Segob in a statement.
For their part, the carrier organizations committed "to definitively remove the blockades and suspend the freight transport demonstrations."
The Segob reported that the Undersecretariat of the Interior and the Government Unit will coordinate and accompany these meetings to follow up on the requests and advance in the construction of agreements with the carriers.
On Monday, Canacar along with other Mexican freight transport organizations demanded the direct intervention of the president, Claudia Sheinbaum, during a national strike that affected 19 states, while other groups rejected the blockades and agreed on a work agenda with the Government.
After a meeting with the head of Segob, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, and the Secretary of Finance, Édgar Amador Zamora, they solidified an agenda for this week, both federal and state, with authorities from security, infrastructure, labor, and the National Guard.
Meanwhile, the striking carriers explained that they did not attend that meeting and denounced extortions, robberies, murders, excessive charges, and over-regulation, and maintained that the commitments established with the Interior since February 2024 remain without translating into sufficient solutions.
The carrier strike had been announced for an indefinite period and included calls for caravans, rallies, and parking units on highways in several states and roads in different cities, including the Mexican capital.
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