SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A county in northern New Mexico says it will offer $5 subsidized cab rides for “Cinco De Mayo” celebrators.
Santa Fe County officials say the ’cinco on cinco’ program is aimed at combatting drunken driving around Santa Fe and will allow partygoers to get an inexpensive ride home.
Lupe Sanchez, the county’s DWI program coordinator, says the $5 cab ride home is a cheaper way to beat a $5,000 drunken driving penalty.
The program will run 5:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the 1862 Battle of Puebla between the victorious ragtag army of largely Mexican Indian soldiers against the invading French forces of Napoleon III.
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