AMOTAC Protest Threatens Key Mexican Freight Routes

AMOTAC’s nationwide mobilization on June 24 could disrupt key freight corridors around Mexico City, as transporters demand stronger highway security and action against extortion, excessive towing fees and regulatory costs.

Mexico’s road freight sector is preparing for a nationwide mobilization on Wednesday, June 24, with planned demonstrations expected to affect major highways and urban access routes across the country. The Mexican Alliance of Carrier Organizations (AMOTAC) has called on transport operators in all 32 states to participate in what it describes as a peaceful national protest over persistent road insecurity, excessive operating costs, and alleged abuses by authorities.

While AMOTAC National says that mobilizations could begin as early as 7:00 a.m., AMOTAC’s State of Mexico delegation has scheduled its local actions for 8:00 a.m. The group warns that the demonstrations could affect freight flows, commuter traffic, and access to Mexico City from surrounding industrial and logistics corridors.

AMOTAC State of Mexico has listed nine planned gathering points, concentrated on some of the country’s busiest freight and passenger routes:

• Mexico-Queretaro Highway at the Tepotzotlan toll booth
• Circuito Exterior Mexiquense at the Cuautitlan-Tultitlan toll booth 
• Arco Norte at the Tula toll booth
• Tula-Jorobas Highway interchange with the Mexico-Queretaro route
• Lopez Portillo Avenue at the Bandera de Tultitlan
• Mexico-Pachuca Highway at the San Cristobal toll booth in Ecatepec
• Mexico-Tulancingo Highway at the Otumba interchange
• Amecameca-Chalco Highway near Walmart’s Chalco distribution center
• Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza near Metro Acatitla in the direction of Mexico City

The locations place several of the expected demonstrations along key corridors connecting Mexico City with Queretaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, and the State of Mexico, where manufacturing, distribution, and cross-border supply chains depend heavily on road transport.

AMOTAC has indicated that, should authorities fail to respond to its demands, participants could also begin a slow-moving convoy toward Mexico City’s Zocalo.

Security, Towing Fees, and Extortion Claims

The transport association’s demands focus on issues that it says continue to affect cargo, passenger, and tourism operators nationwide. AMOTAC is calling for stronger security on federal and state highways, citing the continued exposure of transport operators to robberies and violence. The group also demands an end to what it considers excessive charges by federal and state towing services, as well as the elimination of municipal and state permits that add costs and administrative burdens to freight operations.

The organization is also protesting alleged abuses at military and ministerial checkpoints and demanding an end to extortion allegedly committed by members of the National Guard, state and municipal police forces, and ministerial authorities.

Other demands reported in AMOTAC’s nationwide call include faster processing of pending SICT procedures, including plates, licenses, and certificates, as well as clearer operating conditions for small transport businesses.

The mobilization comes despite a recent decline in reported cargo theft. Mexico registered 385 cargo-theft incidents in April, down 15.6% compared with the same month of 2025, reports MBN⁠. The State of Mexico remained among the most affected areas, while freight theft continued to concentrate on high-volume road corridors and frequently involved violence against drivers.