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 Americas & Beyond | June 2008 
Crossing the Mexico Border for Gas
 Javno
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| | U.S. demand for cheap gas tightens supply in Tijuana. (Reuters) | | |
With prices pushing $5 a gallon at some stations, the demand for cheaper gas is driving Californians south of the border... to Mexico. Fuel is subsidized in Mexico, with gas costing around $2.60 a gallon.
Customer, Sarina Torres, said "When prices started to go up in San Diego, it was then that we decided (to come to Mexico)."
Tijuana gas stations are jam-packed with tractor trailers looking to fill up as workers struggle to pump dozens of tanks and arguments among drivers waiting in the heat are known to come to blows.
Manager Gloria Torres worries the demand is so high... their supply could dry up.
"People are desperate, they are obviously very stressed when they get here demanding the product, there are people who come from close to La Morita (neighbourhood in eastern Tijuana). We are trying to re-stock petrol, however our capacity is about to run out," she says.
Customers say buying gas at Mexican gas stations is worth it despite rampant drug violence that continues to plague rough border towns.
But with new travel rules causing long lines at the border, getting back to the U.S. may not be easy... even on a full tank of gas. |
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