Not Quite Measuring Up at Mexico’s Gas Pumps

Most stations have rigged their equipment to cheat motorists, a consumer agency says.

MEXICO CITY

Random checks have revealed that the average retailer, known here as a gasolinero, skims a little more than a liter of gasoline for every 20 sold.

But the most audacious stations would make Al Capone blush. One in the tourist haven of Acapulco was recently caught shorting its customers by nearly half the volume displayed on the pump.

LA Times