Mexico’s Truck Drivers Stage Blockades, Disrupting Trade With US
Angry about robberies and water rights, they’re holding up millions of dollars in cargo flows each day
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Every day at least 20,000 commercial trucks cross the US-Mexico border with goods as varied as avocados, auto parts and flat screens. Or at least they’re supposed to.
A series of on-and-off, coordinated blockades by truck drivers and farmers over the last several weeks have exposed the fragility of Mexico’s highway network, an artery for as much as 95% of national and international cargo moving to and from the rest of the world.