Diesel shortage hits Tijuana and other cities

ROSARITO BEACH

In Tijuana and Rosarito Beach, virtually all gas stations that had been selling small amounts of diesel had closed those pumps yesterday because they had run out. Regular unleaded and premium gasoline were being sold, however.

Advertisement In Mexico City, meanwhile, the head of the national oil company, Pemex, was quoted as saying that Mexico needs to limit the sale of gasoline to Americans to avert another crisis.