Fifty farmers closed the La Granadina industrial zone in San Isidro. Preventing the movement of trucks between seven in the afternoon on Sunday and eight in the morning on Monday. The protest was organized within the scope of the sector’s mobilization across the country. delayed the distribution of goods from what is considered one of the main distribution centers of fruits and vegetables in the southeast of the peninsula.
La Granadina, where the logistics centers of supermarkets such as Mercadona or Aldi are located, has become the center of operations of farmers in the province of Alicante who carry out different protest actions called through social networks. There were already certain cuts on the range last week, but tonight it reached maximum expression. blockade that lasted thirteen hours.
Farmers who came to the region with nearly 25 heavy tractors blocked the exit of the industrial zone, which paralyzed the trucks that had to make deliveries. Although there were no shortages, according to sources consulted, the measure caused delays in the distribution of goods and organizational problems..
The protest, which led to the mobilization of riot police from the Civil Guard, passed peacefully. Both agents and farmers even observed a minute of silence for two plainclothes security officers who died after being hit by a drug boat in the Barbate municipality of Cádiz.
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All this happened on the same day that the major agricultural organizations Asaja Alicante AVA-Asaja, La Unió, UPA and CCPV-COAG carried out the protests they called for next Friday the 16th: Cutting of A-7 and A-31 highways while passing through the province. In the first case, the tow truck is scheduled to depart from the La Granadina industrial zone at 11.30 am and proceed along the highway towards Orihuela. On the A-31 line, the route will start in Villena at 10:00 and will leave the highway at the La Encina exit.
These protests will be joined by another protest in the El Comtat regionA rally in the municipality of Planes followed by a tractor rally starting at 8.30am.