Guadalajara, Mexico (CNN) The sky is dark. The gas station is closed. And still, drivers are lined up here, hoping for the chance to fill up.

It's been almost a week since gas stations in the Mexican state of Jalisco started to run dry. Shortages have been reported in at least five other states and in the country's capital, too.

At this station in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan, drivers say they've been waiting hours for gas. The line stretches outside the station and onto the street.

Drivers told CNN en Español they joined the line after seeing other cars.

Mexico's new President and the country's state-run oil company have called for calm. They say there isn't a gas shortage -- just a change in the way fuel is distributed.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration has closed several key pipelines in an effort to crack down on fuel theft, which he said cost the country an estimated $3 billion last year.

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