Jessica Xanthomilla
Newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, August 28, 2022, p. 4
The disappearance of her daughter Ivette Melissa Flores Román, on October 19, 2012 in Iguala, Guerrero, has left Sandra with serious effects on her health, not only because of the anguish of not knowing where she is or what happened to her, but also because of the coming and going in the search brigades, prosecutors and courts. Post-traumatic stress causes insomnia, a lot of anxiety, wanting to run away, to cry… I lost happiness
, shared. In addition, he has been suffering from breast cancer for five years.
According to a survey conducted by the organization Idheas Strategic Human Rights Litigation, in which 155 relatives of victims participated, 78.70 percent said they had developed a chronic disease after the disappearance of their loved one, among which diabetes and hypertension stand out. , as well as colitis, arthritis and anemia.
However, at the time the survey was carried out, last March, although 72 people indicated that they had gone to the Executive Commission for Attention to Victims (CEAV), both state and federal, to provide them with support in matters of health, only 24 obtained a favorable response. What is argued against them is a lack of resources, but above all that his sufferings are not directly related to the victimizing act, that is, with the disappearance of his family member
exposed Idheas.
Regarding her situation, Sandra, 57 years old, who also injured her spine in a search action in 2015, said that on behalf of the state government I do not receive anything
while at the federal level, through the CEAV, They support me with my basic basket and the rent I pay, but for health care, that costs me. For example, now that the hospital does not have medicines, I have to pay for chemotherapy.
among other material.
In an interview, he stated that the CEAV’s argument for not granting him this attention is that they say it is not caused by the victimizing act, although the hospital has already let them know that it is
.
In the context of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, which is commemorated on August 30, Juan Carlos Gutiérrez, director of Idheas, recalled that on March 17, organizations and groups of relatives of disappeared persons denounced before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) the deficiencies and omissions in the care in the right to health of those who have been indirect victims.
We presented the proposal that a technical panel be held to deal with this issue, we proposed that it be made up of the head of the CEAV, the National Human Rights Commission, the Ministry of the Interior, the families of victims, and also that it convene a group of medical experts, oncologists and psychologists
but for more than five months it has not been carried out, he mentioned.
Perla Guerra, a psychologist, a specialist in trauma, mourning, and the effects of violence, who also participated in the IACHR hearing, stated that violent situations, such as the disappearance of a loved one, have an impact on the family’s health in the short term and long term, are presented chronic pain experiences, some digestive difficulties, the immune system is weakened, the nervous and endocrine systems are also altered
. Likewise on an emotional level.
