The National Chamber of Cargo Trucking (Canacar) is pressing ahead this Monday, October 26, 2026, with a mobilization that includes blockades at toll booths and key points between Mexico City and the State of Mexico, part of a national strike the industry group called in more than 20 states, according to El Financiero.
The Ministry of the Interior (Segob) said Sunday that most trucking organizations had agreed to sit down and talk with the government about their demands, while Canacar's leadership kept its call in place. The ministry urged the sector to avoid disrupting the public, traffic and the movement of goods. The National Truckers Association (ANTAC) and the National Chamber of Passenger and Tourism Transport (CANAPAT) said they would not take part. The episode matters for Mexico because cargo trucking carries much of the country's internal trade, and how it operates feeds directly into logistics costs across the rest of the economy. The strike comes after the Chamber of Deputies approved in the 2027 Revenue Law the tax changes the sector wants revisited.
The gathering point in the capital will be the Vallejo cargo terminal at 7:30 a.m., with a route along Calzada Vallejo heading north and on to the La Raza interchange, according to Canacar's call. El Financiero reported that the demonstrations begin at 6:30 and intensify around 8:00, with flashpoints including the Tepotzotlán toll booth on the Mexico-Querétaro highway, La Marquesa on the Mexico-Toluca highway and the Arco Norte at its junction with the Mexico-Pachuca highway. Among the grievances, the sector lists the reduction of the toll tax incentive approved in the 2027 Revenue Law, the adjustment of the income threshold for deducting highway expenses from 300 to 250 million pesos, with the industry proposing 420 million, and a change in the ISR withholding rate for operators from 7.5% to 12%.
Segob maintained that the dialogue table remains open and that the institutional path is the way to address the sector's demands. The signal to watch is whether that engagement translates into adjustments to the tax provisions planned for 2027 and a highway security scheme for the industry.
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