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Back in October - Mexican official confirms cartel gunmen forced a dozen tanker trucks to dump gasoline at gunpoint

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U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, also signed the letter, which accuses Mexico of trying to “nationalize its economy and renege on its commitments in the USMCA as a means of empowering its failing state-owned petroleum company.”

ohnoes Nationalizing it's economy and thwarting our not so covert attempts at undermining it! The horrors!

liberty-weeping What about the spirit of the US Mexico Canada Agreement ?!

USMCA more like US Marine Corp Agreement bougie-wink

Plus, gasoline is far more expensive in Mexico, by about 125% in some instances.

Also Californians Flock to Mexico for Cheap Gas as Prices Rise to $6 in State

Californians are traveling to Mexico for cheaper gas, as fuel prices surge following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. who-did-this

Awwwww is Mexico kind of immune to your sanctions shitfuckery becauss it nationalized it's oil and gas? fuck-around

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 11 points 11 months ago

Not sure why they didn't call it USMECA. Mexico's the only one getting one letter, and I don't see why that would be except for making sure Mexico knows its place or something like that. It's more pronounceable as well.

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