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Live updates. Last updated 6:50 AM CT, Monday, October 26, 2026. We will keep updating this page through the day.
CANACAR, Mexico's national freight trucking chamber, starts an indefinite national strike this morning, Monday, October 26. Trucks were set to start gathering between 6:00 and 8:00 AM local time at toll booths, highway shoulders and city entrances across the country, including Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, Monterrey, Tijuana and Mexico City.
Organizers say the protest is peaceful and that they do not plan to close highways completely. Their plan is to park trucks in side lanes or run slow caravans. That still means slower trips, and the strike has no end date.
As of 6:50 AM CT, the reports we reviewed describe planned protests. None confirm a full closure at a northern border crossing.
What to do this morning
If you have freight moving in Mexico today, the worst outcome is a shipper hearing about a late load from someone other than you. Get ahead of it.
- Call your shippers first. Tell them before pickups start that loads moving through Mexico may run late today, and agree on what happens if a window slips. A heads-up at 8 AM lands better than an apology at 4 PM.
- Ask receivers about appointment flexibility. Find out now which deliveries can move to later today or tomorrow, so a late truck does not lose its slot.
- Check in with your carriers before dispatch. Confirm routes on loads that pass Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, the Monterrey highways or the Mexico City toll booths.
- Add buffer time. Build extra hours into today's transit estimates on these routes, even where roads stay open.
- Have a backup if a carrier drops a load. Post it on Cargado early so more carriers see it and bid.
Where protests are planned
Organizers, state governments and local media published these points before the strike began. Treat them as places to watch, not confirmed closures.
- Nuevo Laredo: the Tamaulipas government said trucks would park in the side lanes of the city access road from 8:00 AM local time, without blocking traffic. Another published schedule lists 10:00 AM.
- Reynosa to Río Bravo, and Tampico to El Mante near Altamira: the Tamaulipas government expects slow caravans with one lane left open.
- Nuevo León: adn40 lists protest points on the highway to Laredo, the highway to Saltillo and the Carretera Nacional at Allende.
- Tijuana: a truck convoy leaves at 10:00 AM local time from the Carretera Internacional, by the import customs office. Organizers say it is not a road blockade.
- Other border cities: adn40 also lists Ciudad Juárez, Nogales, Mexicali and the Carbonera toll booth in Coahuila.
- Mexico City area: El Financiero lists the highways to Pachuca, Querétaro and Toluca, the Arco Norte, and the industrial corridors in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Tultitlán, Tepotzotlán and Tlalnepantla.
- Querétaro and Jalisco: Infobae lists the Palmillas and Celaya toll booths in Querétaro and the Acatlán and La Joya toll booths in Jalisco.
- Manzanillo: CANACAR members in Colima planned to stop engines inside their yards instead of blocking federal roads. Infobae reported early Monday that the port was running normally.
Why drivers are striking
CANACAR wants action on highway crime, including cargo theft and extortion. It is also protesting poor road conditions and tow-truck costs, plus a proposed change in Mexico's 2027 revenue law (Ley de Ingresos). That change would lower the annual income cap for a tax credit on toll spending from 300 million to 250 million pesos. The credit covers up to 50 percent of a company's toll bill.
"Necesitamos soluciones, México no aguanta más," CANACAR president Augusto Ramos said ("We need solutions. Mexico can't take any more.").
Where talks stand
Mexico's interior ministry (Segob), led by Rosa Icela Rodríguez, said on Sunday, October 25, that most trucking organizations had agreed to talks with the federal government, and it proposed a permanent working group. CANACAR's leadership kept its strike call. The trucking group ANTAC, led by David Estévez Gamboa, pulled its support. Reports differ on which other groups are taking part.
What to watch next
The strike has no set end date. The thing to watch is whether CANACAR joins Segob's talks. If it does not, plan for slower trips through these points on Tuesday too, and keep your shippers posted on the same schedule.
