Last summer we saw some Green Angels on the pre-congress Northern Mexico
Bustamante trip.
Preston
----- Original Message -----
From: Q Wilkinson
To: TexasCavers
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Mexico Green Angels
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
