Commotion in Colombia: he jumped from a bridge with his son in his arms

A shocking suicide case in the city of Ibagué shocked Colombia. On Wednesday, February 6, 32-year-old Jessy Paola Moreno Cruz decided to launch a bridge over 100 meters high with her 10-year-old son, despite efforts by the family, psychologists and police to to persuade her. Everything was recorded on video.

Judicial journalist Juan Manuel Escobar has recorded for the station waves of Ibagué the situation of anguish experienced yesterday morning on the bridge La Variante. Family members of women and women in uniform tried to stop him while pleading. One of the agents even tried to sneak across the viaduct of the structure to reach and take it.

"Paola, please, do not throw in. Do it for the child!" One hears in the recording that they are telling the woman. This, while the miner is trying to grab a metal rod. Witnesses reported that the boy had also begged his mother not to do it, that he did not want to die. Despite the attempts, Jessy Paola jumped off the bridge.

At the time of the tragedy, the anguished screams and crying of their relatives and witnesses of the suicidal act are heard. We also see on the pictures that one of the men in uniform who saw her crouched down in the middle of the bridge to mourn, while other officers try to comfort him. and kiss him. Mother and son died of shock.

The authorities then confirmed that apparently the reasons for the suicide would be related to economic problems. Jessy Paola Moreno Cruz was a director of Cooperative University, but since she had no stable employment for months, she was evicted from the house where she lived with her small child, according to the newspaper. The people's voice.

Jessy had no way of paying the rent and no place to go, she was sleeping on the street. Situation where a recent break is added. The mayor of Ibagué, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, also confirmed that the woman had heavy debts because of the "drip", illegal lenders who have a high interest and who are accused of threats and threats. ;intimidation.

"This has to do with something monstrous happening not only in Ibagué, but in all of Colombia, which is the" drip "(…) It extorts not only people, steals all their work, but also intimidated, threatens to kill him and ends up costing him his life, "said the local president. The people's voice.