AMOTAC Lifts Protest After Security Deal, Sets New Deadline

Mexico’s federal government announces an agreement with AMOTAC, following a mobilization across several states on Wednesday.

The federal government says it reached an agreement with the Mexican Alliance of Carrier Organizations (AMOTAC) after meetings involving the Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB), the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), and representatives of the transport organization. According to the government, the parties signed a work minute and agreed to continue dialogue through an institutional follow-up process.

AMOTAC, however, initially maintained that its national mobilization would proceed.

In a video issued late on Tuesday, Rafael Ortiz Pacheco, National President, AMOTAC, said that the planned truck protest remained active while the organization awaited the formal delivery of the agreed minute and a message from Omar García, Minister of Security and Citizen Protection.

Ortiz instructed members to take part in demonstrations beginning at 8:00 a.m. but asked them not to block roads. He said the organization would only lift or cancel the action once transport operators received the official commitments from federal authorities. “Go out and demonstrate with your trucks and your concerns across the country,” Ortiz said, adding that AMOTAC would continue working toward “dignified and fair transport.”

Later on Wednesday, AMOTAC confirmed that it had reached a revised agreement with the federal government and called on its members to release the road points where protests had taken place.

Miguel Ángel Santiago, National Coordinator, AMOTAC, said the organization rejected the first version of the proposed minute because it did not adequately address the group’s demands. He said the intervention of García led to changes in the agreement and a commitment to take immediate action.

AMOTAC’s demands include stronger measures against highway robberies, extortion, insecurity, alleged abuses of authority, and issues involving towing services. Santiago said the revised agreement incorporated adjustments tied to the organization’s petition list and gave AMOTAC greater confidence because the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection has direct authority over public-security issues.

“The agreement was signed and the modifications and adjustments were made to the problems included in our petition list,” Santiago said. “If there are no results in three months, we will again request the participation of all transport operators because we cannot continue living with robberies, extortion, insecurity, and abuse of authority.”

He added that AMOTAC had previously signed a minute with authorities three years ago, but said no meaningful action followed. The organization therefore pushed for a revised document with specific commitments and immediate follow-up mechanisms.

The new agreement includes commitments to strengthen security measures against cargo theft and other crimes on federal highways, while also addressing corruption and administrative problems reported by small transport operators. Santiago said AMOTAC expects authorities to begin work immediately.

The mixed messages created uncertainty for freight operators and road users, particularly as truck convoys and partial protests continued in strategic logistics corridors. Reports indicated that transport operators gathered in at least nine states, including Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Jalisco, Chiapas, Veracruz, Puebla, Guerrero, and Aguascalientes.

Affected areas included the Mexico-Pachuca highway near San Cristobal in Ecatepec, Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza in Mexico City, the highway to Laredo in Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, and the Chapala highway near Guadalajara Airport. Other reported concentrations were seen on routes connecting Tuxtla Gutierrez with Chiapa de Corzo and San Cristobal de las Casas.

The mobilizations followed AMOTAC’s earlier warning that it could carry out nationwide actions in response to persistent insecurity, cargo theft, extortion, high operating costs, excessive towing charges, and unresolved administrative procedures. The organization has also demanded stronger National Guard operations, faster processing of plates and permits, and an end to municipal circulation requirements that it considers burdensome for small carriers.

Before the protest, several industry organizations publicly distanced themselves from the planned actions. CONCAMIN, ANPACT, ANTP, CANACAR, CANAPAT, CMIC, and CANAINTEX said they did not participate in or support measures that could disrupt the free movement of people, goods, and merchandise.