The body of the Leonese Jose Domingo Hernandez Maradiaga He was repatriated to Nicaragua two months after his death in the United States. His remains were received on Friday afternoon in the Sutiaba neighborhood, and this weekend he was buried in the San Francisco de Asís cemetery in that town.
In the month of October, Hernández Maradiaga and his cousin Marvin Jose Padilla Maradiaga they said goodbye to their family and indigenous people of Sutiaba to migrate in search of the “American dream”. They carried with them the hope of getting a job to help lift their family out of poverty, but it ended in tragedy.
On February 20, the 40 and 46-year-old Nicaraguans, respectively, died after they a train on the Blue Line of the Metro, collided with the car in which both were traveling in Los Angeles, United States.
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“The news reached the family unexpectedly, they were happy because they managed to reach the United States and they had little time to work. They had many hopes and plans for the future,” said a family member of the migrants.
A tragedy with sequels
The tragedy immediately enveloped the Maradiaga family in pain and mourning, recognized for its religious beliefs to the festivities of San Jerónimo or Chombito with the Huaco Bull, in the city of León. Hence the support of the indigenous community, which was quick to raise $12,000 to repatriate the bodies and give them a Christian burial in their homeland.
Two months after his death, the body of José Domingo Maradiaga managed to be repatriated to Nicaragua. The hearse carrying the hermetic coffin arrived on Friday afternoon at Calle de la Barranca, in Sutiaba, where he was tearfully received by family, neighbors, and friends.
“We are grateful to God and all the people who helped us raise the money needed to repatriate my nephew’s body, because we alone could not have done it. The honor and glory is for the Lord Jesus Christ who allowed us to give him a Christian burial in his native land », expressed Domingo Torrez Maradiaga, on the way to the cemetery.
“It is unfortunate to see how our people, mainly young people, are leaving the country because there are no opportunities for them here. It is more than clear that when a people emigrates it is because the government does not work, “said a neighbor of the deceased annoyed.
He stressed that dying away from home, apart from the pain and suffering that family members go through, there is the monetary cost to be able to have the opportunity to say goodbye to their loved ones.
This Tuesday the second victim arrives
The body of José Domingo Maradiaga was buried on Saturday afternoon in the San Francisco de Asís cemetery, in the indigenous town of Sutiaba. It was learned that this Tuesday, the family is waiting for the repatriation of the body of Marvin Jose Padilla Maradiaga, to give him a Christian burial.
The Maradiaga cousins are part of the 328,443 Nicaraguans who left the country in 2022 to migrate to countries like Mexico, the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Panama, and Spain, indicates the latest migration report published by the digital media outlet Confidencial .
By United Voices
