Letter to the editor: Mexico's cheap gasoline

I spent this past winter in Baja, Mexico. The price of gas was $2.35 a gallon and diesel was $2.00 a gallon. The Mexican government owns and controls the oil and gas industries in Mexico, and it is called Pemex. All the gas stations are very modern and have full service. Individuals that run these stations own the franchise.

There will never be $4.25 a gallon gas in Mexico because the government realizes it would ruin their economy, destroy their tourist industry and cause a huge increase in crime.

Every service station in Mexico sells gas and diesel for the same price except stations within 12 miles of the U.S. border, where it is higher. I asked the people why fuel was higher in the border towns and their reply was that the U.S. government forced them to do this.

When you fill your vehicle up with $4.25 diesel and the people south of the border fill theirs up with $2.00 diesel, you have to remember n Mexico is totally corrupt!

Gary Willson

Reubens, Idaho