Sisters Norma and Maria Cabrales have owned and operated Gorditas Norma for 12 years. Those years have made for a steady routine that starts early each day, brings the women to their north Broadway restaurant by 3 a.m. and has them cooking and ready to serve early-morning workers by 5:30 a.m.
But earlier this month, that routine was interrupted with a phone call.
Gorditas Norma serves as a bus stop for the Madero Express. It’s one of several cross-country charter bus lines that travel to Mexico. At least three times a week, the Madero Express takes riders from cities like Omaha, Topeka, Kansas City and Wichita to Durango, Mexico…