Empalme Sells the Highest-Priced Gasoline in the Country
HERMOSILLO, SONORA, MX – Empalme and Guaymas, Sonora, stood out for selling the most expensive Regular and Premium gasoline nationally, while Caborca stood out for altering gas dispenser pumps so as not to provide full liters.
During the daily morning conference by the President of Mexico, Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, chief of the Federal Consumer Prosecutor’s Office (Profeco), referred to these Sonoran cities.
Nationwide, the city with the most expensive gasoline was obtained by Empalme, offering it at 20.74 pesos per liter at an ARCO gas station.
Guaymas was listed second place nationwide for selling the most expensive Premium gasoline, offering it at 21.99 per liter at an ARCO gas station.
In a validation audit of a Pemex Gas Station, alterations were detected in the system cards of twelve gasoline pumps in Guaymas. The address was not disclosed but they released the permit number as PL/6768/EXP.
The Profeco chief added that 200 complaints were investigated, 134 validations were carried out, six gas stations refused to be verified and one located in Sinaloa refused to have stamps placed on them.
Also, in Tihuatlan, Veracruz, six dispenser pumps were confirmed to not giving full liters, being accompanied in the diligence by personnel of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) who helped in making the chain of custody of the detected devices.
