Mexico gasoline price hikes spur protests

A man holding a flag that reads “No more gasoline price hikes” films other protesters as they chant anti-government slogans in front of the National Palace in Mexico City.

Drivers wait in line to fill up at a gas station in Valle de Bravo in the state of Mexico. Most of the city’s fill-up stations were closed because they were out of fuel.

Protesters block Insurgentes Avenue during an hours-long blockade at one of the city’s oldest gas stations in Mexico City. Protesters are blocking roads and stations to protest a government price deregulation that sent the price of fuel up by as much as 20%.

People form a human chain to block access to a gas station as they protest against gasoline price increases in Mexico City. Gas station employees, alerted to the protesters’ plan to shut down the station, suspended operations before their arrival.

A protester holds a flag that says in Spanish, “No more gasoline price hikes,” during an hours-long blockade of one of the city’s oldest gas stations, at a main intersection in Mexico City.