This was started the year of the Ollym was in Mexico if my memory is right. Yep that old (me and them) I was on that road from Monterey to the Vera Cruz area that year and used them. Quinta
The unthinkable happens: your car is kaput. Luckily for you, there's a slender shoulder that you manage to pull onto before the thing conks out. Cars whiz by on the highway, but no one stops. Or maybe several helpful citizens stop, but can't help, because your fuel pump is busted. Being stuck on the side of the road is stressful in any situation, but especially in a foreign country where language may be a barrier. Since the 1970s, the federally funded Angeles Verdes, or Green Angels, have proved a godsend to motorists in distress from Tijuana to Ticul. In the old days you had to wait for the blessed sight of a dark green Angeles Verdes truck to trundle into view, but today salvation for those who run out of gas, can't fix a flat, or blow a water pump is just a phone call away. How to Get Help Dial 078 from any cell phone or TELMEX phone booth. Your call will be routed to the Green Angels' Mexico City dispatch office. Agents there will radio the appropriate unit throughout the country. Green Angels don't service every little backwater, however they do patrol all federal and toll highways. The tow trucks typically make a full-circuit trip of each highway per day, in addition to responding to emergency calls. Agents typically
