Mexico fishermen resume Pacific oil port blockade

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Fishermen protesting rising diesel prices resumed a blockade of Mexico’s Salina Cruz marine oil terminal, a major refined products distribution point on the southwest coast, state oil company Pemex said on Friday.

The fishermen blockaded the port for much of the day on Thursday but ended their action in the evening after calling for talks with the government.


Most of Mexico’s oil is exported from Gulf of Mexico ports.

Salina Cruz handled around 2 percent of Mexico’s oil exports over the first 11 months of 2008, according to government data.

The Mexican government froze gasoline prices on Wednesday as part of an economic stimulus package but diesel prices, which are around 25 percent lower than in the United States, will continue to rise on a weekly basis.

Reuters