Yaqui tribal members in Mexico are threatening to resume a blockade of a major highway in a protest over land.

Last week, tribal members shut down the highway, causing a backup of commercial traffic into the U.S. They are demanding the Mexican government return about 75,500 acres of lost land. Tribal members say the government took valuable agricultural properties.

The governor of the Mexican state of Sonora said he will meet with the tribe.

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Yaquis threaten to shut Sonora's main highway in land dispute (The Arizona Daily Star 2/23)