Truck Drivers In Mexico Block Highways To Protest Government's Failure To Pay Bills

29 weeks ago Truck drivers have blocked some major highways in central Mexico to protest the fact the government hasn't paid them for work they did on a tourist train line. The protest by truckers Tuesday blocked two major highways leading out of Mexico City. It was the latest in a series of complaints by workers and businessmen who said Mexico's cash-strapped government has fallen behind in payments. The federal government is running big budget deficits to pay for ambitious pet projects and entitlement programs. Suppliers and contractors for the state-owned oil company earlier published an open letter saying they hadn't been paid $5 billion for work they had done.