(Photo: A car waits in between a line of gas pumps at a Pemex (Mexican Petroleoum) gasoline station in Mexico City. Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images )
Gas stations in Tijuana are rationing diesel fuel. They're limiting customers' purchases because gas station owners fear diesel supplies in Tijuana could run dry today. KPBS Reporter Amy Isackson has the story.
Many gas stations in Tijuana are limiting customers to $100 worth of diesel.
Gas station and petroleum officials in Tijuana say increased demand from U.S. customers filling up on the cheap is causing pumps to run dry.
Diesel prices in Tijuana are about $3 less per gallon than on this side of the border.
Juan Antonio Lopez is Vice President of the bus line Crucero USA hat operates in Mexico and the U.S. He says filling his buses diesel tanks in Tijuana used to be a competitive advantage. But due to the shortage...
Lopez: Our operating costs have increased about 150-percent.
Lopez says they've had to reduce their number of scheduled runs.
Skeptics including Lopez say there's no way U.S drivers filling up on diesel in Tijuana have caused the shortage. He and others say instead Mexico's gas company, PEMEX, has had delivery problems.
Pemex officials could not be reached for comment.
Amy Isackson, KPBS News.
