Mexican farmers end airport protest after president refuses talks

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures as he speaks during a press conference, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican farmers on Thursday ended a protest at an airport in the northern state of Sinaloa and agreed to meet with the local governor after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would not negotiate with the demonstrators.

Baltazar Valdez, president of the United Farm Workers of Sinaloa, said the hundreds of farmers who have protested at the international airport in the city of Culiacan since Tuesday decided to leave to avoid angering airport users.