Jim Taylor of Irvine filled up at a Pemex station in Rosarito Beach.

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Jim Taylor of Irvine filled up at a Pemex station in Rosarito Beach. by patgarcia

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Jim Taylor of Irvine filled up at a Pemex station in Rosarito Beach. Taylor visits Baja California frequently and prefers to buy low-priced gasoline south of the border.

Gas prices do not represent another serious problem to the economy of mexican working class in northen states, but our tomato trucks have been stopped at the border because of the salmonella outbreak.

TIJUANA – At the Pemex gas station on Boulevard Bellas Artes, just a few blocks from the Otay Mesa border crossing, a gallon of Magna gasoline costs $2.54. Or slightly less, if you pay in pesos.

A comparable gallon of unleaded regular gasoline is selling in San Diego County at an average price of $4.61, according to the Utility Consumers' Action Network.

Lower gas prices mean American motorists could save almost $54 filling up a two-year-old Ford F150 pickup with a 26-gallon fuel tank in Mexico, or more than $38 to fill a 2006 Toyota Camry with an 18.5-gallon tank.
Gasoline prices are lower in Mexico because of a government subsidy. Pemex, Mexico's government-owned oil monopoly, supplies all gasoline throughout the country to its station franchises.
Last month, President Felipe Calderón announced a $20 billion subsidy as an emergency measure intended to keep inflationary forces in check.