The last road blockade by agricultural producers in Guanajuato has been lifted.

GUANAJUATO, Gto. (apro) – After five days of road blockades at various points in Guanajuato, agricultural producers released the last remaining blockade on Friday afternoon: Highway 45D Salamanca–Celaya, near the community of Santiago de Cuenda, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas.

During the first three days of the week, blockades were reported at up to 42 highway locations throughout the state. They began to be lifted last Wednesday after initial agreements were reached to establish a guaranteed price for corn at 7,000 pesos per ton, with contributions from the governments of Jalisco, Michoacán, and Guanajuato.

Although most of the roads were cleared that same day, a group of producers maintained the partial closure of Highway 45D until this Friday, allowing intermittent passage of vehicles for 30-minute periods on Thursday and Friday.

The State Government's Secretariat of Security and Peace reported the full reopening of the highway shortly before 6:00 p.m., although the protesters remained for a while longer with their tractors on the sides of the road.

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It wasn't until 7:00 p.m. that the agency concluded the traffic reports issued during the week to inform the public about active points.

From León, Governor Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo explained that the producers who maintained the blockade were demanding the inclusion of sorghum within the guaranteed price scheme, since the federal agreement only includes corn.

“We made a contribution to the federal guaranteed price, we are going to continue the dialogue, but what we do ask is that the federal authorities are also present, that the National Guard is present, because we have been addressing the issue ourselves,” said Libia García.

He specified that the state government will allocate 150 million pesos in next year's expenditure budget to support the issue of guaranteed prices; in addition, support with state resources for producers will continue.

When questioned about the economic impact of the five days of blockades, the governor said that the State Government's Ministry of Economy is calculating the damage with the different productive sectors.

Due to the blockades, two transnational companies that had to stop operations were General Motors in Silao and Mazda in Salamanca.

García Muñoz Ledo added that surveillance during the blockades was carried out by the State Public Security Forces, although he insisted on the need for a greater presence of the National Guard.

Hours after the lifting of the last blockade was confirmed, the Ministry of Security and Peace reported the change in the State Highway Police, where Jesús Rivera Peralta was replaced by Víctor Manuel Osornio Álvarez.

Rivera Peralta, a former federal police officer, served as Celaya's Secretary of Public Security between 2021 and 2024, a period marked by an increase in high-impact crimes and numerous reports of human rights violations within the police force. After the three-year term of PAN party member Javier Mendoza Márquez ended, Rivera was appointed to the Secretariat of Security and Peace by its head, Juan Mauro González, who also had a background in the now-defunct Federal Police.