The bus jolted along the dilapidated national highway for nearly ten hours, as Deputy Minister Hernandez leaned back in the uncomfortable seat, closing his eyes to rest.
Mexico's transportation infrastructure, especially the road connections between states, is simply a disaster.
In such a large country, there isn't a single suitable railway line efficiently connecting the capital to the state capitals. Travel either relies on planes or this kind of long-distance bus that jostles your insides.
Of course, infrastructure construction has already begun, but short-term results are definitely impossible.
At least three to five years.
When the bus finally swayed and descended from the highway exit, Hernandez saw through the dust-covered window that the Governor of Michoacán, the Police Minister, and a large group of well-dressed, corpulent officials had been "awaiting" at the entrance for quite some time.
