Transporters call for a mega-march this Friday in Ecatepec and surrounding municipalities

MEXICO CITY (apro) – The Mexican Alliance of Transport Organizations AC (AMOTAC) announced a mega-march with blockades in Ecatepec and surrounding municipalities for next Friday, November 7, which will affect mobility in the area.

The blockades will begin at 8:00 a.m. at key points connecting Ecatepec, Coacalco, Tecámac, and Texcoco with Mexico City. The following roads will be affected:

• San Cristóbal Toll Booth, Mexico-Pachuca Highway
• Texcoco-Lechería Wholesale Market
• López Portillo, near the DIF Ecatepec
• San Cristóbal Municipal Palace, on Insurgentes Avenue.

Transporters are requesting the mayor of Ecatepec, Azucena Cisneros, to dismiss Luis Enrique Serna García, director of Municipal Transit and Operational Technician, due to "the growing wave of abuses of authority and extortion by public security and municipal transit officers," AMOTAC reported in a statement on X (formerly Twitter).

AMOTAC REPORTS

Protest in Ecatepec against the increase in abuses of authority by municipal traffic and public security officials in Ecatepec. @delfinagomeza @azucenacisneros @Alerta_Ecatepec @Ecatepec @DSPyTEcatepec @GN_MEXICO_ @SEGOB_mx pic.twitter.com/BDMuEZRuIP

— AMOTAC STATE OF MEXICO AND MEXICO CITY (@NeriSantiago15) November 4, 2025

The truckers reported that the municipal police officers "view cargo transport as a symbol of power" and that, "in any situation," they demand towing services ranging from 50,000 to 200,000 pesos. They also demand 30,000 pesos to release the vehicle.

After announcing the march, the truckers asked for understanding and patience: “We apologize to the public for any inconvenience caused during the demonstration. Our goal is to express our demands peacefully and responsibly, as the abuses against freight transport must stop,” they stated.

In addition to abuses of power, there is also insecurity. In recent days, transport workers from various associations have demonstrated, demanding an end to kidnappings, extortion, and disappearances.

Just last Monday, November 3, the Alliance of Independent Transporters of the Mexican Republic (AAA) paralyzed several main avenues in Mexico City —especially in the northern zone— in protest over the disappearance of Fernando Galindo, one of their colleagues, who was kidnapped by groups that extort transporters.

The march was organized from various points in the State of Mexico, including Jilotepec, Atlacomulco, Lerma, Santiago Tianguistengo, Valle de Bravo, Toluca, Naucalpan, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Coyotepec, and Tepotzotlán. The transport workers arrived at the Zócalo in Mexico City. “Stop the extortion and kidnappings in the State of Mexico,” the organization urged, while also demanding the whereabouts of their missing colleague.

Prosecutor's office locates kidnapped truck driver

Two days after the massive march, on Wednesday, November 5, the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico (FGJ) reported that Fernando Galindo had been found alive and "in apparently good health." Galindo had been kidnapped on October 30 in Jilotepec, according to the Attorney General's Office.

As part of the operation to locate them, three individuals were arrested, including Nery "N," alias "El Moto." According to the State of Mexico Attorney General's Office, Nery "N" was identified as a member of a criminal group originating in Michoacán.

“(He is) in charge of that group of 'aligning' taxi drivers in the municipalities of Jilotepec, Soyaniquilpan and Acambay, for which he deprived their leaders of their freedom,” the state prosecutor's office reported on X (formerly Twitter).

The #FiscalíaEdoméx reports that, as a result of investigative actions, FGS, who was deprived of his liberty on October 30 in the municipality of Jilotepec, State of Mexico, was located alive and in apparently good health.

As part of the actions for its… pic.twitter.com/WxnTvaP90Z — Fiscalía Edoméx (@FiscaliaEdomex) November 5, 2025

Despite the discovery of Fernando Galindo alive, the transport workers continue to lack guarantees for their safety and are demanding a meeting with the Attorney General of the State of Mexico, José Luis Cervantes Martínez, which was scheduled for November 5 and was canceled, according to a statement from the organization published on Facebook.