Travel - USA - Small bus companies give Mexican immigrants a ride home for Christmas
LITTLE ROCK -Associated PressDANIEL CONNOLLYDec. 17, 2005: -- This month, many Mexican immigrants make a traditional journey home in time for Christmas. In the South, some choose to travel with numerous small bus companies that have sprung up as the region's Hispanic population has grown. Customers can expect relatively low prices, service in Spanish and a long ride - in some cases more than 24 hours... Most of the companies are unknown outside the Mexican community. Transportes Eclipse, for example, advertises only in Spanish... "I love you, Grandpa!" she yelled in Spanish in the moments before the van pulled away from the store parking lot... Her grandfather, construction worker Florencio Salazar, 56, was traveling by van and then bus from Little Rock to a small town in central Mexico. His wife was waiting for him there - they hadn't seen each other in the three years that he has been in the United States...
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