Since this weekend, the remains of the stylist Heidi Lisbeth Vivas Rodríguez rest in her native Juigalpa, in Chontales. On January 27 of this year, Vivas Rodríguez’s plans to reach the United States were cut short when she died in a traffic accident in Chiapas, Mexico.
Upon hearing the news, on February 20, the relatives undertook the task of locating the body to repatriate it home, but they had to raise the sum of 5,000 dollars.
With that objective, in record time they located piggy banks in Juigalpa, Acoyapa, Villa Sandino, Muhan, La Gateada and Nueva Guinea. In less than 22 days, they managed to adjust the money and began the repatriation process.
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The funeral home transferred the body to Honduras. From Honduras to Juigalpa, a local funeral home was in charge of the transfer to this city, where on Saturday night she was veiled and on Sunday they took her to Villa Sandino, Chontales municipality, where her remains were buried this Monday morning, since the most of their relatives decided so.
The journey that led to her death
In the midst of the pain caused by his loss, the family expressed that at least they have the consolation that his remains were repatriated. “« I am very grateful to those people who made it possible for my daughter to reach her homeland », said Salvadora Rodríguez, the young woman’s mother.
“I feel calm – she added – because the remains of my daughter will be in the Villa Sandino cemetery. My God touched the hearts of the people who gave us their economic contribution, thank you very much.
Salvadora recalled that the young woman began the journey on November 30. She recounted that on December 24, 2022, she arrived in Guatemala, there she worked in a beauty salon for a few days and on January 1, she moved to the State of Chiapas, in Mexico, where the tragedy occurred on January 29 of this year. .
Heidi Lisbeth’s dreams were to work in the United States to build the house for her mother that she currently rents. “My daughter used to tell me mommy, one day I’m going to build you a beautiful house and she came out with that illusion,” Doña Salvadora recalled.
She explained that her daughter studied nursing, that she was a well-known stylist in Juigalpa and recalled that she taught beauty classes at the Technological Center (Inatec). “Heidi was a very prepared young woman and she always dreamed of getting ahead through her honest work,” her mother told this report.
By: United Voices
