Mexican Farmers Protest Cartel Violence, Extortion

Mexican Farmers Protest Cartel Violence, Extortion

Protesters Block Highways Throughout Country

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Thousands of farmers and transportation workers took to the streets throughout Mexico to set up blockades along the main highways in the country as a way to protest the cartel violence and the extortion that they are subjected to. The protests come at a time of mounting pressure for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum over widespread allegations that, instead of protecting her citizens from organized crime, she and the country’s ruling party, MORENA, have been protecting the various criminal organizations terrorizing the nation.

The protest began early Monday morning and was organized by unions of transportation workers and farmers throughout Mexico. Protesters used work trucks and tractor-trailers to block the main highways in at least 22 states in Mexico.

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Some of the protests took place in border cities, causing traffic delays at international ports of entry.

In the border state of Tamaulipas, government officials were forced to confirm several protests and blockades as they had to warn motorists to take alternate routes.

🟡 | #VoceríaInforma

Se reporta obstrucción de vialidad en Av Puente Pharr en la colonia Industrial de #Reynosa, derivado de manifestación.

Se recomienda precaución y en medida de lo posible tomar vías alternas. pic.twitter.com/LRlCp4Kn94

— Vocería de Seguridad Tamaulipas (@VoceriaSegTamps) November 24, 2025

The transportation shutdown aims to highlight the poor security conditions nationwide, as highway robberies, carjackings, and extortions continue to plague the public. In a similar fashion, farmers throughout Mexico claim to be the victims of cartel extortions without any recourse available to them since authorities in that country rarely act against organized crime members.

Breitbart News Foundation / Cartel Chronicles

The protest by the farmers and truckers comes just days after thousands of protesters took to the streets in Mexico City, calling for an end to the “narco-government”. As Breitbart Texas reported at the time, that protest was a large-scale demonstration over the November 1 murder of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacan….

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