In the fight against the Mafia, the bleeds is illegal gasoline from overhead power lines, has changed the new Mexican government in the distribution system. The consequences of fuel shortages and growing discontent in the population.
It’s two o’clock in the morning, and Athena Silva is could always fill up petrol. For over an hour with your car in a long queue that has formed at a gas station in Mexico city. Other waiting drivers suspect that it will take another hour to get to you. “I set the alarm at midnight to find out this time, where there are in the city just fuel, and to avoid the endless queues of the day”, told Silva in an interview with DW.
A tank car of the Mexican oil Company PEMEX is leaving the police monitored the distribution center
Since the government of President Andrés López explains Obradorden war against the organised fuel theft and the transmission lines of the state Oil company PEMEX has closed, is the capital of the country under acute fuel shortage. PEMEX is currently carrying the gasoline with guarded a tanker at the petrol stations across the country. This type of distribution takes much longer and leads to country-wide shortages. Commuters distances to fill the Tank of your car.
“The queues are so long that there are already people, the food, soft drinks and coffee to sell,” says Gustavo Garcia, owner of a taxi to the DW. What was intended as a short-term measure of the government against the corruption, dragging on now for several weeks. “Now there is only Chaos in the city. My route between work and home is now much longer. I want to see results, and that people end up in prison,” says Claudia Ramirez.
So, Amlo!
In view of these problems many people are switching to the public transport. This, in turn, led to overcrowded buses and trains. The crowds at peak time is so great that some even choose to cope with the way to work on foot. This is especially true for women. “All the rates, but to just get on the Metro. The have no idea what it is to stand as a woman in a crowded Metro. Everyone wants to grope you, or even attack,” says María López of the DW.
An abandoned truck with stolen petrol in plastic tanks was transported. Over 1,700 of these vehicles have been seized in the last two months
Many citizens Express their dissatisfaction and anger in the social networks. With the Hashtag #AsíNoAmlo (So, Amlo) are you complaining about the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, called Amlo. They are calling for mostly one end of the fuel theft and the position of the normal supply to the tank.
As in the network of an impending food shortage was spoken, broke out in panic. Fake pictures of empty supermarkets spread virally and resulted in purchases to the hamster. “I’m afraid that we here in Venezuela. First of all, the petrol, and what then?”, Patricia Robles is expressed to DW.
Citizens resort to self-help
The growing dissatisfaction in the population is based on lack of Information. No one knows when and where the next tank will arrive the car. Also, it is completely uncertain when the government’s measures and whether they lead to the desired result. In the meantime-help initiatives in the Internet, in which information about the availability of fuel, depending on the town or notes in an open or closed tank form Itself will be passed on.
“It will not end simply be the corruption,” says Atenas Silva of the DW. “We allow the government the necessary time to lay the Mafia. Until then, we will come up with the lack of fuel is already clear,” she adds.