Commotion in Colombia: A mother was shot in a bridge with her 10-year-old son in arms

A woman decided to commit suicide with her 10 year old son and jumped from a bridge in Colombia.

The moment the tragedy occurred was filmed andPosted live on Facebook directly from the Variante bridge in the city of Ibagué where Jessy Paola Moreno Cruz, 32, lifted her son in his arms and he threw himself into the void.

The boy's mother, holding a metal rod, tried to be persuaded by a group of police officers, but they could not stop it.

Even his little one wanted to hang on one of the building bars that were at his side and, according to some witnesses, he begged his mother not to jump. But nothing and nobody could convince her not to do it.

Everything was recorded on video by a local journalist for the station waves of Ibagué. In part of the sequence you hear the supplications of those whoFrom the edge of the bridge, they make every effort to stop the mother. "Paola, please, do not reject.Do it for the child!", Says someone.

After the tragedy, the authorities said that according to the first investigations, Jessy Paola I had economic problemshe could not get a stable job and could not pay rent. After being expelled from his place of residence, he made the decision to end his life, as indicated The people's voice

The Mayor of Ibagué, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, expressed his astonishment and explained that the woman had debts with illegal lenders money known as "drip" and that have a high interest in threats and intimidation.

"It has to do with something monstrous that it's not only happening in Ibaguébut in the whole of Colombia, which is the "drip" (…) not only extorts people, not only steals all their work, but intimidates them, threatens to death. Inclusive, it ends up costing him his life, "said the local chief agent.