Effects of the Crisis

According to the Siglo, there are more people hawking burritos in Torreón at nighttime than ever before. One official estimates that there are some 800 street-corner burrito salesmen operating around the city today, and implies that the figure could have quadrupled in the past year. I imagine that the quadrupling is not true, and that the official was either exaggerating or it was a slip of the tongue. But there do definitely seem to be more burrito stands around Torreón at night these days, which makes sense with major factories operating at below capacity and line operators in need of a new way to make a living.

I actually used to buy burritos all the time from the second stand pictured, and they were really, really good, especially those of deshebrada. The stand deserves its own feature article.