Gas shoortage and Airport drive warning

I've also bought gasoline from those plastic containers for the same cost as Pemex. The Roja and Verde were the same price. I assume it was stolen.

Here is an article explaining the current situation and where the stolen gas is sold. Primarily rural areas of Mexico.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/world/americas/mexico-gas-crisis.html#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F01%2F11%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fmexico-gas-crisis.html

I imagine there will be violent protests within the week. Bus burnings, blockades, explosions, the usual stuff when the citizens are unhappy here. The government may need a different approach. I also agree with the "shoot them on sight" method for pipeline crooks…..

I have to go to the airport later this afternoon as I can't trust that the taxi's there will have fuel. I will report back.

They are already "out of gas" around here and just about everywhere in GDL. The cartels can charge way more for their stolen gas now...…..

Trailrunner wrote:The gov has contracted almost 4000 privately owned tanker trucks to start delivering gas today in addition to Penex' tankers. The trucks will be running 24/7 and it is expected that the shortages will be over in 48 hours.

Jobs!

This is fantastic news! May I enquire from where the information comes please?

edited to add: Found it... https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/3500-tanker-trucks-to-deliver-gasoline/

Yahooooooo!!!!!

I went to the airport at 4:00pm yesterday. No problem at all either way. There were only 2 stations with lineups. Both southbound but they didn't impede traffic. I went out this morning and the 5 stations I checked had no gas yet. Ajijic, SAT, Riberas and the two in Chapala. The northern Chapala and SAT had lineups but no pumps running. Maybe people know gas is on the way to those two??

Hard to believe there is 3500 tankers sitting around waiting to be rented....guess we'll see.

Here is the whole story for those that can't access MND:

Pemex yesterday approved a strategy developed by Canacar to speed up the supply of gasoline.
In a statement, Canacar said that “in the next 48 hours, a strategic plan that strengthens the distribution of fuel by highway will be implemented.”

Tanker trucks will begin operating “24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the protection of the Federal Police,” it explained.
The government has committed to providing 8,300 police officers and 1,400 vehicles to guarantee security, Canacar said. The 3,500 private tanker trucks will be supplied by 150 companies.
“The 150 companies are ready to provide professional and efficient service to immediately restore fuel distribution in affected areas,” Canacar said.
Pemex has committed to making its fuel terminals more efficient and to speed up the loading and unloading of trucks.
The state oil company is making greater use of tanker trucks to distribute fuel because the federal government has closed several major pipelines as part of a strategy to combat fuel theft.

But the changed distribution method has caused fuel shortages at gas stations in more than 10 states because Pemex has been unable to transport product quickly enough in its own tankers.
The National Trucking Chamber said that a working committee made up of representatives of different divisions of Pemex, the Federal Police, the railway industry and Canacar will be formed to monitor the new distribution strategy, “recognizing that some pipelines will be opened gradually, either intermittently or permanently.”

I posed this question to a friend but don't know if it's feasible or even possible.
Is there some kind of colourant that could be put in the gas that goes in the pipelines that would easily distinguish stolen gas from legal gas?
Is there something additional that would remove that colour that could be added to the gas when it is delivered to gas stations legally? Or a special filtered nozzle on the legal trucks?