Trucking News · Mexico · October 27, 2026

Mexico Trucker Strike: Most Blockades Lifted Monday Night as Talks Open, With CANACAR Still Outside Them

By Big Rig Daily Staff

Truckers hauling freight across the Texas border are watching the next steps in Mexico's trucker strike. On its first day, Monday, Oct. 26, the strike brought protests to 19 Mexican states with 38 protest points, according to a count by Segob, Mexico's Interior Ministry, reported by La Razon. Most blockades were lifted Monday night, El Financiero reported.

Quotes and details from Spanish-language sources are Big Rig Daily translations.

Where the protests were

Veracruz had the most protest points, with eight, followed by the State of Mexico with six, La Razon reported. There was one total blockade, in Tlaxco, Tlaxcala.

El Financiero reported that some closures held overnight on the Mexico City to Toluca highway near Lerma and La Marquesa. More blockades were threatened for Tuesday at several points, but those were not confirmed, and no nationwide mobilization was expected.

At the Texas border

In Nuevo Laredo, trucks parked along the shoulders of the highway near kilometer 17, and traffic toward the border bridge kept moving, according to Laredo Daily News. The outlet said the protests, called mainly by CANACAR, the national cargo trucking chamber, are about more highway security, a review of tax rules and cutting excessive toll and tow truck charges.

Talks open, without CANACAR

Segob agreed to working sessions this week with the groups Conatram, Canapat, ANTP and Concamin, starting with the finance ministry on Tuesday, La Razon and El Financiero reported. CANACAR did not join, and Segob says the table stays open.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said the strike was called by a small sector of CANACAR upset over a change to a tax deduction for tolls, La Razon reported. A planned change in Mexico's 2027 revenue law would lower the income limit for that toll deduction from 300 million pesos to 250 million pesos. Mexico's finance ministry said 2,410 of the 2,580 companies that get the benefit would keep it.

FreightWaves also covered the strike. Big Rig Daily's earlier story is here: Mexico trucker strike set to start. Another earlier story covered how trucking groups split before the strike.

Truckers with loads crossing at Laredo may want to check with customers and brokers before rolling, and can find parking with the Texas truck stop and weigh station map. The hours of service break calculator can help rework a schedule around any border wait.

A question for readers

If you cross at Laredo, did the strike slow down your loads on Monday?

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