Rallies protesting rising fuel prices which rose sharply in Mexico led to riots.
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As reported by AP, Thursday, January 5, 2017, an angry mob looted a gas station and a number of shops in the central region of Mexico on Wednesday.
Anti-Protest Fuel Price Hike Triggers Looting in Mexico
Demonstrators also blocked roads, burned tires, control of gas stations, disrupting traffic, even endanger the supply of fuel to the whole country.
The National Association of Retail Mexico mention there are 79 shops were looted, while the other 170 were forced to shut down, around Mexico City. "These riots endanger the lives of shoppers and store clerks, especially in the State of Mexico, Michoacan, Hidalgo, and Mexico City," the official statement of the association.
The chamber of commerce in Veracruz reported around 50 outlets including supermarkets and minimarkets were looted. Looters take clothes, food, washing machines, televisions, DVD players, to the refrigerator.
Police were deployed to the region amid the unrest and arrested at least 14 people. In a supermarket, the police were forced to fire guns into the air to disperse the crowd.
A few hours before the riots, President Enrique Pena Nieto defended his decision to increase fuel prices by up to 20 percent at the end of last week. He called fuel subsidy wrong address and were felt by the rich Mexico. But in fact the price of a new four-liter petrol which is now equivalent to the minimum daily wage of workers is 80 pesos.
Anti-Protest Fuel Price Hike Triggers Looting in Mexico
Demonstrators also blocked roads, burned tires, control of gas stations, disrupting traffic, even endanger the supply of fuel to the whole country.
The National Association of Retail Mexico mention there are 79 shops were looted, while the other 170 were forced to shut down, around Mexico City. "These riots endanger the lives of shoppers and store clerks, especially in the State of Mexico, Michoacan, Hidalgo, and Mexico City," the official statement of the association.
The chamber of commerce in Veracruz reported around 50 outlets including supermarkets and minimarkets were looted. Looters take clothes, food, washing machines, televisions, DVD players, to the refrigerator.
Police were deployed to the region amid the unrest and arrested at least 14 people. In a supermarket, the police were forced to fire guns into the air to disperse the crowd.
A few hours before the riots, President Enrique Pena Nieto defended his decision to increase fuel prices by up to 20 percent at the end of last week. He called fuel subsidy wrong address and were felt by the rich Mexico. But in fact the price of a new four-liter petrol which is now equivalent to the minimum daily wage of workers is 80 pesos.
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