To enter the Indios Verdes station on line 3 of the Metro, users have to dodge dozens of street stalls to reach the entrances, which are lost between shops and stalls, and despite the fact that Mexico City is in red of the epidemiological traffic light, they continue to work.

There are more than a thousand vendors, according to the merchants themselves, who settle in the place, many with 30 years selling all kinds of items on the platforms of the whereabouts through which, before the pandemic, more than a million people circulated. day, the majority coming from the state of Mexico.

In addition to this, the users of the Modal Transfer Center (Cetram) have to take care of themselves and fight the public transport combis and microbuses that try to leave the bus stop at the same time and that generate bottlenecks, as well as run over people.

Another problem faced by users and those who work in that Cetram – merchants and transport operators – is insecurity, for which in 2020, according to data from the local Citizen Security Secretariat, 51 people were arrested for the alleged commission of crimes such as sale of drugs, robbery, sexual harassment and possession of a firearm, although police surveillance is minimal in the area.

Yesterday, on a tour of the area, it was observed that despite being Sunday, more than 50 percent of the street stalls were working and many of the vendors shouted their merchandise to the hundreds of people seeking to get to the Metro.

Toys, clothing, electronic devices, face masks, imported cigarettes and food is what users can find on their way to the station.

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It is estimated that 10,000 public transport units arrive daily at the whereabouts of Indios Verdes, 3,225 from the state of Mexico, which is expected to decrease by 30 percent with the entry of the Mexibús, according to data from the Ministry of Mobility, and the in operation of line 1 of the Cablebus that will arrive in Cuautepec.

The construction of this transport system includes the rehabilitation of the Cetram, which in addition to improving the connection with lines 1 and 7 of the Metrobús, as well as the Mexibús with line 3 of the Metro, provides for the reorganization of transport and itinerant commerce.

Although the work, which will cost 483 million pesos, has already been tendered to the Irkon Holdings consortium, vendors and public transport operators said they have not been officially informed of the project, of which, they said, they have only heard rumours.

"The authorities have told us that we are included in the reordering of the whereabouts," said the merchant Rosa Hernández, who has been working at Cetram for 25 years, but they have not yet said nor have they held workshops.

Rubén García Sánchez, also a merchant at the bus stop for 30 years, stated that there is annoyance among vendors, since some fear that they will be kicked out or that they will have to pay rent for the spaces assigned to them.