Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Preparations for Return

On September 30, Oswald appeared at the Agencia de Viages, Transportes Chihuahuenses and purchased international exchange orders costing $20.30 for travel on a Transportes del Norte bus from Mexico City to Laredo and by Greyhound directly from Laredo to Dallas. A reservation was made for him on Transportes del Norte Bus No. 332, departing Mexico City at 8:30 a.m. on October 2, with seat No. 12 reserved in the name “H. O. Lee”—likely copied from Oswald’s tourist card reading “Lee, Harvey Oswald.” The manifest for Transportes Frontera Bus No. 340, leaving October 2 for Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo, later contained the name “Oswld,” apparently added after the trip; Oswald did not take that bus. On October 1, Oswald paid his hotel bill through that night.

Return to the United States

The night watchman helped Oswald obtain a taxicab at approximately 6:30 or 7 a.m. on October 2. Transportes del Norte Bus No. 332 departed on schedule at 8:30 a.m., and at Monterrey passengers were shifted to relief bus No. 373, scheduled to depart for Laredo at 10 p.m. Fellow passengers recalled that Oswald was pulled off the bus by Mexican officials at the border due to alleged irregularities in his tourist papers, and was overheard muttering complaints upon his return. They also remembered him hurriedly gulping a banana after the bus reached customs, possibly believing he could not take fruit into the United States. One passenger was annoyed by Oswald keeping his overhead light on to read after 10 p.m. At approximately 1:35 a.m. on October 3, Oswald crossed the International Bridge from Nuevo Laredo into Texas. He then traveled from Laredo to Dallas via San Antonio on Greyhound Bus No. 1265, substantially following Interstate Route 35, leaving Laredo at 3 a.m. and arriving in Dallas at about 2:20 p.m. the same day.