Watch Mexico City taxi drivers attack Uber cars and drivers with rocks, eggs and crow bars

Uber seems to be in a constant state of war, but in the U.S. the battles usually stay in the courtroom. In Mexico City, however, taxi drivers are getting straight up violent. Outside Mexico City International Airport this week, taxi drivers attacked about a dozen cars (and a few drivers) with rocks, eggs, flour, crow bars, and even their bare hands to drive the Uber cars away.

It seemed to work, at least according to a video of the incident that shows Uber drivers trying to flee the rampaging mob.

This is not the first time Uber drivers have been attacked in Mexico either; at least according to a Time Magazine article  in which one Uber driver recalls:

“The taxi drivers can be really aggressive. They can block you in and break your mirrors and scratch the car. They attacked a colleague by a taxi stand. They smashed all his windows and beat him.

If the message wasn’t loud and clear enough to the government of Mexico City, which became the first Latin American city to regulate Uber this month, the protesters marching in solidarity outside the Colombian embassy were: “Uber Out!” Or as Ignacio Rodriguez, a representative of a taxi organization in Mexico City, said in an article in the International Business Times:

"We're here in front of this embassy to show our support and protest the global discontent from legal taxi unions who are against these transnational firms. They perpetuate a crime each time they transport a passenger."

Don’t expect Uber to back down so easily, however, as Mexico City is one of its biggest markets, with about 10,000 drivers and half a million registered users. Uber said in a statement to Vice:

“What happened is a very grave attack on everyone’s freedom and right to make a living in a dignified manner. Incidents like this are completely unacceptable and we trust that authorities will act so that justice is done.”

The fight has even made it Twitter, with the hashtag #UberSeQueda ("Uber stays") becoming a top trending topic throughout Mexico. A rival hashtag declares #FueraUber ("Uber Out").

Eyes are also now turning to other Latin and South American countries, where new protests are erupting against Uber, including in Colombia, where taxi drivers went on strike this week against Uber. Meanwhile, peaceful demonstrations took place in Costa Rica.