Protests | Warning

February 18th, 2022 by Adriaan&Isabelle

Nothing wrong here. Police and Guardia National checkpoints before and after this point. Last check-in reporting trouble is now 1.5 years ago: I propose this may be closed.

January 29th, 2022 by TalesInVan

nothing here now, just a town along the highway

January 5th, 2022 by Lucas_Meets_World

nothing to see here. just drove through without issues.

August 12th, 2021 by mototravel.net

Nothing but dirty dogs on the road.
No protesters in sight.

July 27th, 2021 by Bruce in Mexico

No protests, just a sleepy highway town. Clear shot through.

December 29th, 2020 by leoschotel

no more protests... we passed without problems.

October 5th, 2020 by pelo.retrovisor

We tried passing by on Monday and the protest was back in motion (pun intended). Complete shutdown of the highway with no one allowed to pass (trucks, taxis, locals or foreigners). Some kids on a motorcycle came by asking money to show people the way and the followed them with some locals. We had to pay 3-4 times to people because we were going through "their property" (20-50 pesos each), in the end we paid about 200-250 pesos. There loads of people taking the detour in both directions so from that perspective it was safe. But I would be wary to go on it on a 4x2 van. There lots of local 4x2 cars, but we had to help one get unstuck from the mud, so drive with care if you have a 4x2 and goes this route. Also, lots of tree scratches on the paint (overlanding at its heart).
Have attached a map of the detour just for reference, don't try to follow unless with locals - took us about 1h30/2h with stopping to unstuck a local.

February 27th, 2020 by facebook.com/VR.tartine.au.chocolat

10 days later, there were no signs of protest. We didn’t ask around so cannot say if it’s resolved for good.

February 26th, 2020 by travelmood.ch

Today no roadblocks. There was no problem to drive through.

February 25th, 2020 by trittweit.ch

We just passed it. There are no signs of any protests. So I guess you are all good to ride trough. Safe travels.

February 17th, 2020 by gstudart

Currently there is a road block for a protest regarding water. Unsure how long it will last (we were told it’s been going on for a week now), but it is the main road up to Oaxaca so we’ve been stuck here for a couple of hours. There is a road around, but we were told by multiple locals that the road was dangerous. May need to take the road all the way up to Coatzacoalcos to avoid.

Update: we let a local borrow our gas can and he helped us navigate around on a dirt road. Took us about 2 1/2 on dirt road around through lots of different towns 😬