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 SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - Mexican Army troops encamped Thursday evening on a field at a former U.S. Air Force base, setting up a mobile kitchen and large tents to sleep in, part of a plan to spend up to a month in San Antonio to help evacuees of Hurricane Katrina.
Friday morning, they were expected to begin helping at KellyUSA where many of the evacuees are sheltered. With generators providing power and a couple satellite dishes for communication, the nearly 200 soldiers are part of a historic military convoy.
They traveled from Mexico City on to U.S. soil for the first time in 159 years, receiving a hero's welcome from small groups of onlookers who lined the highways and streets as they passed.
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