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A video purportedly showing a group of people looting a Walmart after they realized the store didn't have enough security guards to stop everyone has been viewed nearly 15 million times on Facebook: This video is real, but it does not capture customers looting a Walmart due to a lack of security guards. This video was actually shot in Mexico in January 2017 and shows a group of people looting an Elektra store in a Chendraui supermarket. A contemporaneous news report published by Excelsior reported that this incident began as a protest against a hike in gasoline prices. A group of protesters originally targeted a gas station, but when the station's valves were shut off they entered a nearby department store and stole various items: Animal Politico reported that about 150 people were involved in the ransacking of the store seen here. Police ultimately arrested about 45 people for theft and vandalism. A rise in gas prices (known as gasolinazo) occurred on 1 January 2017 after the federal government privatized the Mexican oil industry. The cost of gas shot up nearly 20% and sparked mass protests, riots, and looting across Mexico. BBC News added some more context to the gasolinazo:
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