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South I-5 traffic into Mexico reopens after being blocked by Tijuana teachers

All traffic on southbound I-5 was briefly diverted off at Camino de la Plaza in San Ysidro

Some 300 public school teachers from Mexico's National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) blocked vehicular traffic from the United States coming from San Diego to Tijuana, Mexico at the El Chaparral border crossing, as part of a protest demanding a salary increase and changes to pension calculations by the federal government, as part of a nationwide mobilization campaign by the teacher's union in the last weeks in Baja California and all over Mexico. The protest began as a march along Tijuana's Paseo del Centenario and ended with a temporary two hour blockade of the vehicle exit of the El Chaparral checkpoint on Monday, June 02, 2025. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Some 300 public school teachers from Mexico's National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) blocked vehicular traffic from the United States coming from San Diego to Tijuana, Mexico at the El Chaparral border crossing, as part of a protest demanding a salary increase and changes to pension calculations by the federal government, as part of a nationwide mobilization campaign by the teacher's union in the last weeks in Baja California and all over Mexico. The protest began as a march along Tijuana's Paseo del Centenario and ended with a temporary two hour blockade of the vehicle exit of the El Chaparral checkpoint on Monday, June 02, 2025. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Vehicle traffic in San Diego was temporarily blocked from entering Mexico on Interstate 5 Monday due to teachers protesting at the border in Tijuana.

All southbound Interstate 5 traffic was diverted off the freeway onto Camino de la Plaza, creating a detour on San Ysidro streets, Caltrans said on the social media platform X shortly before noon.

The freeway was reopened about a half-hour later, Caltrans said.

Some 300 public school teachers from Mexico's National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) blocked vehicular traffic from the United States coming from San Diego to Tijuana, Mexico at the El Chaparral border crossing, as part of a protest demanding a salary increase and changes to pension calculations by the federal government, as part of a nationwide mobilization campaign by the teacher's union in the last weeks in Baja California and all over Mexico. The protest began as a march along Tijuana's Paseo del Centenario and ended with a temporary two hour blockade of the vehicle exit of the El Chaparral checkpoint on Monday, June 02, 2025. (Carlos Moreno / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Some 300 public school teachers from Mexico's National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) blocked vehicular traffic from the United States coming from San Diego to Tijuana, Mexico at the El Chaparral border crossing on Monday, June 02, 2025. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The protest was organized by of the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers, or CNTE, who have held nationwide protests in recent weeks to push for better wages, among other issues.

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