A través de un video transmitido en sus redes sociales, el jugador Iván “Tito” Torres habló por primera vez ante la opinión pública sobre lo ocurrido en los hechos desgraciados del domingo pasado en la ciudad de San Bernardino, donde su esposa Cristina “Vita” Aranda falleció durante un tiroteo.
El lateral izquierdo del Olimpia comenzó primero su mensaje recordando que fue junto con su esposa al concierto. Era un domingo especial, iban a pasar juntos el día, disfrutando uno al lado del otro. Y así lo hicieron, según rememoró.
Ya en horas de la noche se dirigieron a los sanitarios. Fueron juntos, agarrados de las manos, él ingresó primero, mientras ella se sacaba fotos con unos seguidores. Allí ocurrió la desgracia.
“Le digo: ‘voy al baño, amor’, entro y en contados segundos escucho un alboroto, lo primero que me dicen es ‘Vita’, salgo desesperado del baño sin saber lo que ocurría. La veo en el piso tirada, sentí un calvario, pensaba en ella y mis hijos, fue devastador, no sabía qué hacer. Vino gente de la ambulancia, uno de los doctores del club la socorrió”, relató.
Tito Torres also indicated that his wife was transferred in a completely precarious ambulance, which had absolutely nothing, there was only an oxygen balloon, but no equipment to intubate her.
“There was no hospital nearby. We flew away, incredible traffic, people didn’t want to give us the pass. The driver did not know the way. I cried out to God, I talked to my wife, I thought about my children. We got to the hospital and they put her in. The doctor lied when she said that she arrived intubated, that is not the case”, she made clear.
Unfortunately Vita did not resist. “I knew that I was not going to live because of the magnitude of the impact, I knew it was difficult but I had faith. They gave me the news 20 minutes after his death. There a piece of my life and my soul went with her”, he mentioned very affected.
At another point, Torres questioned the scant police presence around the music festival. “Faced with such a big event, there can’t be no police, security to watch over all of us,” he said.
He also referred to the misguided expressions of President Mario Abdo Benítez. To the same he said: “I am aware that drug trafficking has been installed in politics and power, that this unfortunate fact comes from drug trafficking, but I am aware that the security forces do nothing to combat them. Instead of stopping them, they encourage it to grow.”
“No one wants to be in the middle of a shooting, no one wants to have a gunshot wound, no one wants to stop going to a concert for fear of being killed, no one wants our children to experience this type of situation,” he said.
“Mr. President, either we make it change or we will find a way to change it among the majority of the country. This is unsustainable and only you and your cabinet do not realize it. Mr. President, do what you have to do, fight, fight, and don’t let the mafia and corruption win us. We deserve a better country, our Paraguay is a wonderful country,” he said, adding that he has no political agenda behind it.
He thanked the press, his friends, Vita’s followers and the Torres-Aranda family for their support and care.
Finally, he maintained that Cristina gives him the strength to continue. “I ask you to understand, it is not easy, I am going to focus on being a good father and professional,” he added.
“Vita, thank you love for giving me the strength to do this, I will not leave your name, your ideas and your struggle in vain. I want to tell you that I love you very much,” he finally said, addressing his beloved wife.
