By Cargado Market Update. Live updates, last updated 10:05 AM CDT, Monday, October 26, 2026.
CANACAR, Mexico's national trucking chamber, starts an indefinite national strike today. Protests are set to start between 7:00 and 10:00 AM local time at toll booths, highway shoulders and city entrances, including Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, Monterrey, Tijuana and Mexico City.
Organizers say they will park in side lanes and run slow caravans, not close highways. Expect slower trips through these points, with no end date.
Latest updates
- 10:05 AM CDT
CAPUFE reported the first full highway closure: the Tehuacán-Oaxaca highway at the Huitzo toll plaza, closed in both directions. Mexico's National Guard reported partial closures at the Texcoco toll plaza east of Mexico City and on the Xalapa-Banderillas highway in Veracruz. On the Matehuala-Monterrey highway, the main route from central Mexico to Monterrey and the Laredo crossings, it reported protesters on the shoulder with traffic still moving. In the same post, CAPUFE said the Tepotzotlán toll plaza on the Mexico City-Querétaro highway is still open. No border bridge or customs closure is confirmed.
- 9:30 AM CDT
President Sheinbaum said at her morning press conference that strike leaders will meet with Segob and the finance ministry (Hacienda) at 11:00 AM Mexico City time (12:00 PM CDT). Mexico's National Guard reported protesters on the shoulders of the Mexico City-Querétaro and Mexico City-Pachuca highways, with traffic still moving. At the border, Pharr's commercial wait was 50 minutes at 9:00 AM CDT, up from 20 minutes at 7:00 AM, per CBP. CBP doesn't give a cause. No highway, bridge or customs closure is confirmed.
- 8:30 AM CDT
No highway, bridge or customs closure is confirmed. At 8:28 AM CDT, Mexico's federal toll-road operator (CAPUFE) reported protesters in both directions at the Tepotzotlán toll plaza on the Mexico City-Querétaro highway, with traffic still moving. Infobae, a Spanish-language news site, reported trucks parked in the side lanes near Nuevo Laredo without blocking traffic, and slow traffic between Reynosa and Río Bravo. We have not seen any statement from Mexico's customs agency (ANAM) or its transport ministry (SICT) about border delays.
- Sunday, October 25
Mexico's interior ministry (Segob) said most trucking groups agreed to talks. CANACAR kept its strike call.
Border crossings right now
U.S. CBP wait times for northbound commercial trucks, pulled at 10:09 AM CDT. CBP covers only the U.S.-bound lanes, not the Mexican highways leading to the bridges.
| Crossing | Standard lanes | FAST lanes | CBP reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laredo, World Trade Bridge | 10 min | 10 min | 9:00 AM CDT |
| Laredo, Colombia Solidarity | No delay | No delay | 9:00 AM CDT |
| Pharr | 50 min | 45 min | 9:00 AM CDT |
| Brownsville, Veterans | 30 min | Closed, no reading | 9:00 AM CDT |
| Brownsville, Los Indios | No delay | Closed, no reading | 9:00 AM CDT |
| Eagle Pass, Bridge II | Closed, no reading | Closed, no reading | — |
| Del Rio | No delay | None | 9:00 AM CDT |
| El Paso, Ysleta | 10 min | 55 min | 9:00 AM CDT |
| El Paso, Bridge of the Americas | Closed, no reading | Closed, no reading | — |
| Santa Teresa | 35 min | 30 min | 10:00 AM CDT |
| Nogales, Mariposa | No delay | No delay | 10:00 AM CDT |
| Calexico East | No delay | No delay | 10:00 AM CDT |
| Otay Mesa | 40 min | 20 min | 9:00 AM CDT |
What to do this morning
- Call your customers before pickups start. Tell them loads through Mexico may run late and agree on what happens if a window slips.
- Ask receivers which appointments can move to later today or tomorrow.
- Confirm routes with carriers before dispatch on anything through Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, the Monterrey highways or the Mexico City toll booths.
- Add buffer hours to today's transit estimates, even where roads stay open.
- Brokers: if a carrier drops a load, post it on Cargado early so more carriers see it and bid.
Where protests are planned
These points come from organizers, state governments and local media. None of them is a confirmed closure.
- Nuevo Laredo: trucks in the side lanes of the city access road from 8:00 AM local time, per the Tamaulipas government. Another schedule says 10:00 AM.
- Reynosa to Río Bravo, and Tampico to El Mante near Altamira: slow caravans with one lane open.
- Nuevo León: the highways to Laredo and Saltillo, and the Carretera Nacional at Allende.
- Tijuana: a truck convoy at 10:00 AM local time from the Carretera Internacional by the import customs office. Organizers say it is not a blockade.
- Other border cities: Ciudad Juárez, Nogales and Mexicali.
- Mexico City area: the highways to Pachuca, Querétaro and Toluca, and the Arco Norte.
- Guanajuato: slow truck convoys on stretches through León, Silao, Irapuato and Salamanca from 8:30 AM local time, per the state security ministry. It says roads will stay open.
- Querétaro and Jalisco: the Palmillas and Celaya toll booths, and the Acatlán and La Joya toll booths.
- Manzanillo: running normally early Monday, per Infobae.
Why drivers are striking
CANACAR wants action on cargo theft, extortion, road conditions and tow-truck costs. It also opposes a proposed 2027 change that lowers the income cap for a toll tax credit from 300 million to 250 million pesos.
"Necesitamos soluciones, México no aguanta más," said CANACAR president Augusto Ramos ("We need solutions. Mexico can't take any more.").
Where talks stand
Mexico's interior ministry (Segob) said Sunday that most trucking groups agreed to talks, called CANACAR's refusal "inexplicable" and kept a standing negotiating table open. CANACAR says it will negotiate only with President Sheinbaum. On Monday morning, President Sheinbaum announced a meeting with the strikers, Segob and Hacienda at 11:00 AM Mexico City time and called the group affected by the toll tax change "a very small sector." ANTAC pulled out, and Conatram said it will not join.
What to watch
What comes out of the 11:00 AM Mexico City time meeting with Segob and Hacienda (12:00 PM CDT), and whether CANACAR calls off or scales back the strike. If talks stall, plan for slower trips on Tuesday too, and keep your customers posted.