Trucking News · Mexico · October 28, 2026

Mexico's Truckers and Government Agree to Four Rounds of Talks After a Strike That Reached 19 States

By Big Rig Daily Staff

Update, 4:53 a.m. PT Oct. 28, 2026: Added a quick answer below on whether the strike is over. The groups had not confirmed it was fully over.

Mexican truckers and the federal government have agreed to start talks to end a nationwide strike that disrupted highways in 19 states. The agreement came Tuesday, Oct. 27, between Mexico's Interior Ministry, known as Segob, and trucking groups, including the National Chamber of Freight Transport (CANACAR), FreightWaves reported.

Is the Mexico trucker strike over?

Not confirmed. On Tuesday, Oct. 27, CANACAR and other groups agreed with the Interior Ministry to four negotiating sessions, but they had not confirmed the strike was fully over, FreightWaves reported. Earlier that day, CANACAR and other groups had called on participants to continue the strike peacefully at strategic highway locations while talks were arranged.

What was agreed

The agreement calls for four high-level working sessions on highway security, infrastructure, tax incentives, regulations and other issues affecting freight transportation. After a meeting Tuesday, CANACAR President Augusto Ramos Melo announced the four negotiating sessions. He met Interior Ministry officials with Carlos Garcia Alvarez, president of the Honorable Mexican Alliance of Transport Organizations (HAMOTAC), and Lauro Rincon Hernandez, president of the Mexican-American Federation of Transporters (FEMATRAC).

What the strike was about

Truckers began a nationwide strike on Monday, demanding government action on cargo theft, violent highway robberies, extortion and rising operating costs, FreightWaves reported.

Segob counted strike activity at 38 locations in 19 states on Monday morning, involving 691 vehicles and 858 participants, with truck convoys, roadside gatherings and highway blockades. CANACAR disputed that count and said the strike extended across all 32 Mexican states.

Border corridors

Strike activity was reported in Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Guanajuato, Jalisco and the State of Mexico, among other regions. In northern Mexico, strike activity was reported around Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, and along major highways serving Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Those corridors carry shipments of auto parts, manufactured goods, agricultural products and consumer goods between Mexico and the United States, FreightWaves reported.

What analysts say

Andrew Rader, managing director at supply chain consulting firm Maine Pointe, described the strike as a repeat event in an emailed statement to FreightWaves: "This is the third major trucking protest in Mexico in about a year. At that frequency it stops being an event and becomes a cost of doing business." His colleague Joseph Esteves, the firm's CEO, said companies with cross-border operations should rerun the math on how they structure North American supply chains.

Quick facts

• Agreement: Four negotiating sessions between Segob and trucking groups, announced Oct. 27, 2026.
• Segob count (Monday): 38 locations in 19 states, 691 vehicles, 858 participants.
• CANACAR's claim: The strike reached all 32 states.
• Status: Groups had not confirmed the strike was fully over.

Big Rig Daily has covered the strike from the start, including the stoppage plan ahead of Monday and the lifting of blockades and the first talks. Crossing the border? Check the Texas truck stop and weigh station map and plan your time with the hours of service break calculator.

A question for readers

If you haul to or from Mexico, how much has the past week's disruption changed your schedule?

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