American company races to fly out stranded employee, his wife amid unrest in Mexico
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An American company booked every available US-bound flight to get a stranded employee and his wife out of Mexico as violence erupted at Guadalajara International Airport on Sunday.
An American tech professional has shared an appreciation post for his company after it booked every available US-bound flight to get him and his wife out of Mexico as violence erupted at Guadalajara International Airport on Sunday.
Andrew Barba, a software engineer at San Francisco-based Vercel, said he was in Guadalajara on his way to Puerto Vallarta when chaos broke out at the airport. The unrest came amid a wave of coordinated cartel violence across Mexico following reports confirming the death of notorious drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho.
“10 hours ago, I was in Guadalajara on way to Puerto Vallarta when chaos broke out in the airport and had to hide in a bathroom,” Barba said in a post on X, describing the tense moments as uncertainty spread and connectivity faltered.
With internet access barely working, Barba said his company’s leadership team moved swiftly. “Internet barely worked so they booked every US-bound flight on our behalf, chancing that one would take off,” he said, explaining that the idea was to secure seats on multiple departures in the hope that at least one would manage to leave.
“Eventually one did. We just landed in Dallas,” he said, adding: “The US flight was Plan A but they were ready to act on a Plan B and Plan C if they had to. We are beyond grateful.”
Read the post here:
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