Mexican bus lines watched after accidents, indictments

Juan Martinez has seen drivers doze off from fatigue while he’s taking a bus from Houston to his hometown in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

“This is very dangerous,” Martinez said, waiting with suitcase in hand in front of Autobuses Lucano, one of the many smaller bus companies that offer service from the United States to Mexico.

But Martinez and the thousands of riders, mostly Mexican immigrants, looking for a cheap way to get home aren’t deterred by recent crashes and the recent drug smuggling indictments involving several of these bus companies.”*

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