The companies say hijackings have become such a frequent problem that some lines have cut back on runs through southern Guerrero state. Several bus companies with vehicles at the school declined to comment, except to acknowledge that they hold the drivers responsible for the vehicles as a matter of policy. So far most companies have refused, though Garcia said an agreement was in the works between the students and the bus owners that would allow drivers to rotate out every 10 days. ![]() (Alejandrino Gonzalez/ Associated Press)ĭrivers have begged their employers to send replacements so they can go home and see their families. ![]() 26 disappearance and likely killing of their colleaguesĪ young man prays during a Mass at the Raul Isidro Burgos de Ayotzinapa Teachers College, where students say they need the buses to ferry them to and from the many protests that have erupted in Guerrero state since the Sept. The students, who have a long history of sometimes violent activism, have justified the mass bus seizure as "an expropriation" and say they need the vehicles to ferry them to and from the many protests that have erupted in Guerrero state since the Sept. "But a prison inmate can also go out to the exercise yard or the gym, and that doesn't mean they're free." 'An expropriation' "They say we aren't kidnapped because we can get out and walk around, or swim in the pool," said one driver who, like the others holed up at the school, refused to give his name for fear of angering the students. And with authorities unwilling to inflame tensions over the disappearance and presumed massacre of students from the school, no one is coming to their rescue. The drivers, some of whom have been at the southern Mexico school more than a month, say they cannot abandon the buses because their companies hold them financially responsible for the vehicles, some of which are worth well over a hundred thousand dollars. Mexico says 43 missing students likely victims of mass murder, remains burned. ![]()
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