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sought the street on many occasions, since he did not accept the former as a father.
She experienced a period of depression that lasted two years. She emerged from
her depression by thinking about her other children and decided to look for formal
work, which has made a significant change in her life and in the lives of her children.
She suffered facial paralysis, which is common in situation of great “stress.”
Margarita Urbina was also born and raised on the street. She says that her
grandson, Julio Roberto Caal Sandoval, did not get on well with his mother and his
stepfather and, therefore, went to live with her. She says proudly that Julio Roberto
contributed money to buy food for her. She feels the loss of Julio Roberto very
deeply. She is a person who, at 64 years of age, has never seen a doctor. The
symptoms she presents are related to her living conditions, the death of Julio
Roberto and concern about her age. She requires medical attention.
Reyna Dalila Villagrán Morales is a very positive person. She is extremely sociable,
with a very upright personality and very solid principles. Reyna Dalila took care of
her brother, Anstraun Aman, when her mother went out to work to feed the children.
In some ways, she played the role of mother to Anstraun Aman. She is currently
very concerned about her own mother’s health. She supports her mother and this
contributes to helping her cover up or channel her own concerns or emotional
suffering about her brother’s death.
Marta Isabel Túnchez has never been to school. She has very low self-esteem. She
has suffered a great deal during her life and had put her hopes in her son, Federico
Clemente. Marta’s reaction with regard to her son’s death is very interesting. She
says that the person who suffered most from the death of her son was her husband,
who was an alcoholic and died, possibly due to a combination of a heart attack and
alcohol abuse. She has created the fantasy that Federico Clemente accompanies her
and, in some way, is going to help her to continue on. She feels that, in his short
life, he was concerned for her health and welfare. As for some physical symptom or
impact that she can relate to the assassination of her son, she says that her blood
pressure went up and she had a “mini-stroke”, which left her face a little lopsided.
But, the most important factor was the depression that continued and the conflict in
the family, because she says her daughter distanced herself after the death of
Federico Clemente.
Other members of each nuclear family suffered damage as a result of the events.
Even though the expert did not meet them, based on the comments of those
interviewed and her own assumptions, she could affirm that the victims’ siblings
were deeply affected. For the families, it would be important that the measures of
reparation in the case allow them to carry out their wish to give the remains of their
family members an appropriate wake and burial, as a kind of closure to the
mourning process or, at least, a step forward in becoming reconciled to the idea that
these children have died.
These families need psychological assistance to help them deal with these events.
The consequence of not receiving this help is that the trauma will remain “locked up”
and generate symptoms or deeper depression in the future. Furthermore, they all
need medical attention and financial assistance in order to achieve minimum living
conditions.
Prevention programs are necessary so that other children do not meet the same end.
Symbolic measures of reparation are equally important.