The vice president of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, reported this Friday the death of two other Venezuelan victims of the accident traffic occurred last Wednesday night on a highway in that country.
With this information, the number of Venezuelans who died in this traffic accident rises to 15, which according to figures offered by the Nicaraguan Police left a balance of 16 dead and 47 wounded.
According to a report by the Efe news agency, Murillo made the announcement without disclosing the identities of the victims, or making reference to the total number of deaths, which in such a case would remain at 16.
“Murillo, who said that the government of her husband, President Daniel Ortega, is holding talks with Caracas, expressed his interest in the families of the victims in Venezuela giving their consent as soon as possible for the repatriation of the bodies.”
“Their families have to give their consent for the repatriation of the bodies, and that is what we are doing, investigating, locating, and above all, wanting to have consent as quickly as possible so that they receive, as each one decides, their loved ones. dear ones,” Murillo said.
The accident
The traffic accident in which a Nicaraguan also died occurred at 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday exactly at kilometer 162 of the highway between Estelí and Condega, on the La Cucamonga slope.
The police report noted that the bus driver was speeding and collided with two other vehicles before falling off a cliff.
The bus driver, Alfredo Antonio Palma, 46, is in prison and will be referred to the order of the competent authorities for prosecution.
The bus left the city of Managua at 3:00 in the afternoon and covered the Managua route to Jalapa, a municipality near the northern border of Nicaragua with Honduras.
the 13 Venezuelans The deceased, five women and eight men, were identified as: Judith Cáceres Contreras, 45, Franyel Pérez (44), Alexis Hurdaneta (43), Arístides Brillembourg (39), Jackson Somoza (38), Joselyn Martel (38), Dalia Soler (37), Neomar Márquez (36), Antony Romero (31), Eyner Rodríguez (30), Jordan Castellano (29), Cinthia Was (26), Juleana Quiñonez (20).
spontaneous solidarity
Meanwhile, Nicaraguans overflowed since yesterday at the San Juan de Dios Hospital, in the city of Estelí, 149 kilometers north of Managua, near where the accident occurred, to donate food and supplies to the survivors.
Clothes, water, blankets, plates with food, personal hygiene material, among others, were spontaneously taken by residents of Nicaragua, to the medical assistance center, according to some of the donors.
The case of a three-year-old girl, who was supposedly orphaned when her parents died in the accident, began to sound more frequently in local media, including some official media, but so far the authorities have not denied or confirmed the situation. .
According to the local press, the minor is called Adalin Valeria, and apparently she is the daughter of the Venezuelan victims Jordán José Castellano Castillo and Cinthia Ninoska Rojas, the Efe report indicated.
