Nearly 200 Mexicans have been stuck at the airport in Madrid, Spain, for days on end, unable to fly home and running out of money to buy food at airport prices.
The travelers flew to Spain with budget tickets from Aeromexico, which offers low prices in exchange for no guarantee of a seat on full flights. Passengers must stay in the airport until a seat becomes available, which for some of these 183 travelers hasn't happened in as long as two weeks.
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