Relatives of Cela Maria Vivas Garcia, 24 years old, originally from San Marcos, Carazo, request help to be able to repatriate the body of the young woman to Nicaragua, after she died of causes still unknown when crossing the border wall between Mexico and the United States.
The body is in the Regional Medical Center, located in the city of Yuma, in the state of Arizona. Gustavo Pool Sansón, husband of Vivas García, estimated that about 8 thousand dollars is required to be able to transfer and give a Christian burial to your spouse.
In addition, he indicated to the 100% News that “at the Yuma hospital they told me that I have until Monday (August 29) to remove my wife’s body. At this time I do not have the necessary means to repatriate her remains and take her body so that she can be veiled and buried in Nicaragua».
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Faced with this situation, Pool Sansón requests help from the Nicaraguan people to be able to cover the costs of repatriating his wife’s body.
Cela Vivas’s partner explained that on August 5 they both left Nicaragua with the idea of reaching the United States, but unfortunately his wife passed away. They had opted for the irregular route.
The goal of the young couple was to work to save and buy a house. They were going to be married for a year, Gustavo Pool told 100% Noticias.
Texas Nicaraguan Community reported that according to the version “of her companion (of the young woman), before crossing the wall (Cela) she fainted, crossed her loaded and handed her over.”
He added that the Nicaraguan woman was taken to the hospital where she was later declared dead. She pointed out that so far “the causes of her death are not known.”
ask for help
The relatives made available Bac’s bank accounts in dollars: 366209732 in the name of Cela María Vivas García, also to the account at Alliance Community Bank: #313-033 (router 07111481) in the name of Martín B. Pereira in search of financial support to repatriate the body. Likewise, Pool Sansón provided his cell phone number 8825-4735 in case some citizens wish to make contributions individually or in person.
From January to June 2022, the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) registered 84,055 detentions of Nicaraguans, 358% more than in the same period last year, a record number . Nicaragua ranked third among the countries that send the most migrants to the United States, only surpassed by Guatemala and Honduras.
More than twenty Nicaraguans have perished after trying to reach the US Some die crossing the Rio Grande, others are victims of extortion or kidnapping.
