Groups of farmers have blocked several roads in the country as part of the National Agricultural Strike.
Mexico City, October 28 (However).- The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) reported this Tuesday that farmers of various entities of the country maintain locks in various road points; demand that the Government of the President Sheinbaum increase the guarantee prices of its products, especially corn.
“The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) reports on the closure of roads in different states of the country due to mobilizations of agricultural producers, so users are recommended to take their precautions,” the agency indicated.
According to federal authorities, peasant blockades take place in states such as Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa and Morelos. In total, closures have been recorded in at least 33 highway points due to demonstrations by farm workers.
#AlertaVial
UPDATE on road closures with cutoff at 10:00 a.m.
TOTAL CLOSURE
#Comonfort – Comonfort Bypass – SMA, Pirámide gas station height
— Secretariat of Security and Peace (@pazgobgente) October 28, 2025
Guanajuato is the entity with the highest number of demonstrations reported so far. The SICT reported at least 18 blockades on roads and highways in the state.
Jalisco is the other entity affected by these mobilizations; The blockades prevent access to the Guadalajara Metropolitan area. The protesters keep closed accesses such as the Macro Bypass of Guadalajara, Guadalajara-Colima, Carretera a Nogales and the Caseta del Nodo road entrance to the municipality of Ocotlán. Three blockages are also reported in at least three points on the Mexico-Guadalajara Highway.
At 10:00 p.m. this day, almost 44 hours of protest by the corn producers who are installed on the Guadalajara-Nogales highway were completed, where they maintain road closures in both directions of traffic.
Important Road Notice
The presence of a blockade on the highway to Nogales remains, which causes partial impact on circulation in both directions.
The blockade remains active, so it is recommended to take precautions and use alternative routes. pic.twitter.com/ET3VhNToEZ
— C5 Escudo Jalisco (@C5EscudoJalisco) October 28, 2025
“In Michoacán, road closures continue on the Maravatío-Zapotlanejo Highway, at the Panindícuaro booth, at kilometer 307+000; Maravatío-Zapotlanejo Highway, at the Zinapécuaro booth, at kilometer 202+200,” the agency notified.
The State Center for Command, Communications, Computing, Control, Coordination and Intelligence (C5) of this entity reported this Tuesday that at 10:39 a.m. the road blockades continued at the following points:
- Zinapécuaro: Toll Highway 15D Atlacomulco–Zapotlanejo.
- Beautiful View: Western Highway Km 390 (Toll Booth).
- Vista Hermosa: Tanhuato-Vista Hermosa junction to the highway.
- Panindícuaro: Toll Booth.
- La Piedad: La Piedad-Numarán near Villas de las Lomas.
- Ecuandureo: Oeste Méx-GDL Km360, Plaza de Cobro.
- Jiquilpan: Jiquilpan-Sahuayo federal highway. Reference: Glorieta de Liconsa.
- Venustiano Carranza: Venustiano Carranza-La Barca Highway. Reference: 4 Corners Cruise.
- Villamar: Villamar-Jiquilpan Highway. Reference: Roundabout crossing Jaripo.
Highway: Morelia-Guadalajara
Section: Zamora-Jiquilpan km 170+200Total Blockade by protesters from the Agricultural Sector
— SICT_MICHOACAN (@SICT_Michoacan) October 28, 2025
In Sinaloa it is reported that there is a presence of rural producers who keep toll booths blocked in Ahome, Guasave and Culiacán. A blockade has also been maintained since yesterday on the Siglo XXI Highway that connects Morelos with Puebla.
Groups of farmers and peasants have blocked several roads in the country with their machines and have launched a National Agricultural Strike to demand that the federal government increase the guaranteed prices of their products, especially corn. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) responded with an increase 25 percent higher than the international market and credits to support the agricultural sector.
The main peasant groups are those from Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacán, Jalisco and Morelos, but the protests have also spread to Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Baja California, Tlaxcala and the State of Mexico.
A price of $6,050 pesos per ton of white corn will be implemented in Guanajuato, Jalisco and Michoacán. This price is 25% higher than the international market price for corn, located in the center of the country.
The announced measure also includes a credit for producers of… pic.twitter.com/jXRRyRY0F0
— Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (@Agricultura_mex) October 27, 2025
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