A roadblock, usually an ominous sign in Mexico, turned out to be something positive.
"Being here helps me very much, because if I stay at home I get very sad. Here, instead, I feel supported and remain hopeful that my brother will return."
Ms Abarca is travelling with her mother, who is in her sixties. As soon as we get on board she falls asleep. The week-long journey these travellers have faced is taking its toll.
"It has been very hard," says Eucladio Ortega, father of Mauricio, 18, who was part of that group that in late September was last seen bundled by the police into vans.
"But we do this because we want to force the government to give us back our children, all of them."
The Mexican authorities, however, believe there is little hope.
Earlier this month Mexico's Attorney General, Jesus Murillo Karam, announced that it was very likely that some of the badly burnt remains found in one of several mass graves unearthed by diggers in the state of Guerrero were those of the missing 43.
He stopped short of confirming the official death but gave away details of the government's inquiry, which is waiting for DNA tests to be finished in the coming weeks.
Hope endures This view, however, has not dampened the spirits of the parents we met.
Most have an extremely sad stare. Their pain is visible, and some can't stop the tears when asked about their sons.
The protest tour has helped relatives and friends of the students support each other.
The Green Party came fourth, beating the Lib Dems who lost their deposit.
Mr Reckless, whose defection from the Tories to UKIP triggered the contest in Kent, said: "If UKIP can win here, we can win across the country."
In his acceptance speech, Mr Reckless said
"Being here helps me very much, because if I stay at home I get very sad. Here, instead, I feel supported and remain hopeful that my brother will return."
Ms Abarca is travelling with her mother, who is in her sixties. As soon as we get on board she falls asleep. The week-long journey these travellers have faced is taking its toll.
"It has been very hard," says Eucladio Ortega, father of Mauricio, 18, who was part of that group that in late September was last seen bundled by the police into vans.
"But we do this because we want to force the government to give us back our children, all of them."
The Mexican authorities, however, believe there is little hope.
Earlier this month Mexico's Attorney General, Jesus Murillo Karam, announced that it was very likely that some of the badly burnt remains found in one of several mass graves unearthed by diggers in the state of Guerrero were those of the missing 43.
He stopped short of confirming the official death but gave away details of the government's inquiry, which is waiting for DNA tests to be finished in the coming weeks.
Hope endures This view, however, has not dampened the spirits of the parents we met.
Most have an extremely sad stare. Their pain is visible, and some can't stop the tears when asked about their sons.
The protest tour has helped relatives and friends of the students support each other.
Mark Reckless: "The people of Rochester and Strood have spoken. I felt I had to ask their after Mark Reckless won the Rochester and Strood by-election.
Mr Reckless received 16,867 votes, 2,920 more than
Conservative candidate Kelly Tolhurst's 13,947, with Labour's Naushabah
Khan third on 6,713.The Green Party came fourth, beating the Lib Dems who lost their deposit.
Mr Reckless, whose defection from the Tories to UKIP triggered the contest in Kent, said: "If UKIP can win here, we can win across the country."
In his acceptance speech, Mr Reckless said
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