Donned in yellow vests, seventy farmers from the Cartagena countryside brought the N-332 to a standstill in La Zenia on Saturday afternoon, blocking traffic on the national road itself, as well as to the AP-7 motorway, Zenia Boulevard and local beaches causing a traffic jam of several kilometres, on a very busy weekend road.
The protesters had spent the day moving from location to location as they railed against the EU’s environmental rules and what they see as excessive taxes and red tape.
By 8am they had set themselves up on the AP-7 in Los Alcázares, where they remained for about two hours until they were evicted by riot police.
From there they moved on to Balsicas (Torre Pacheco) where stayed for an hour and a half before driving north to La Zenia roundabout at approximately five in the afternoon causing tailbacks along the N-332 for another hour and a half.
This is the only group that was active on platform 6F in addition to a small group of farmers from the Northwest region who appeared on Saturday morning at the roundabout de la venta Cavila (Caravaca de la Cruz).
