María Mercado Fierro, originally from the municipality of Diriamba, in Carazo, died on the morning of Monday, March 28, after falling from the stairs of the building where she lived. The young migrant had only 14 days after arriving in Spain.
According to information shared by the Nicaragua Spain page, Mercado, 21, lived in the city of Bilbao, in the Basque Country. The body was removed by forensic doctors to examine it and determine the causes of his death.
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Mercado traveled to Spain since March 12 in search of work to provide a better life for his 2-year-old daughter, who is now under the guardianship of her father in Nicaragua.
Mercado’s cousin, Teresa Fierro, accompanied a photograph confirming the death of her relative with the following message: “And we still don’t know why? God is perfect and wonderful and today María de los Ángeles honors his name… she is a beautiful angel with a shining smile. Thank you in advance for your collaboration. God bless you and pray for his eternal rest ».
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In recent days, the young woman had shared several photographs with her mother, Erling Fierro, from Spain. Now her family requests the support of the population to repatriate the young woman’s body and give her a Christian burial in her municipality.
Mercado’s relatives made available the LaFise account number in dollars 119224924, in the name of Leyton Bermudez Fierro, for any donation.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 108,000 Nicaraguans left the country between 2018 and 2020, as a result of the sociopolitical crisis that Nicaragua is experiencing. That number could have doubled in 2021, according to the Nicaraguans in the World (NEEM) organization. The nation registered another exodus in the framework of the elections of last November 7, in which Daniel Ortega was installed for one more period in power, in a process whose legitimacy was rejected by the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Union and more than 40 heads of state.
