<br /> <p>At least seven police officers were injured when a truck driver rammed police lines at a demonstration over rising gas prices in the Baja California city of Rosarito.</p><p>Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto took to Twitter to condemn the violence at the Rosarito protest. Journalist Eligio Hernandez captured footage of the yellow pickup truck crashing into officers guarding a Pemex facility and later clashes between police and protesters that resulted in more than 40 arrests, according to Mexican news website Animal Politico</a>.</p><br /><p>Protesters were blockading Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex’s refinery in Rosarito as part of a week of nationwide demonstrations over the Mexican government’s decision to increase the price of gasoline by 20 percent on January 1. NBC San Diego</a> reported that the protests and blockades had led to fuel shortages in Baja California and some Mexican drivers crossing the border to refuel. Credit: Facebook/Eligio Hernandez via Storyful</p><br />
