[Mexico] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 9, 2025, gas vendors in Tijuana, Baja California protested federal government-imposed fuel rate caps, claiming the restrictions have reduced their working hours to four or five hours daily. The protest was reported as peaceful with low severity, and similar events occurred in other locations.

Supply-chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether fuel distribution networks in the broader Tijuana region experience operational disruptions from continued vendor protests.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of protests to other major Mexican border cities or fuel distribution hubs
• Track any escalation in protest intensity or disruption to local fuel retail operations
• Watch for federal government response or policy adjustments to the fuel rate cap regulations