“I just wanted to kiss my son”: they freed Meylin, the mother of the Nicaraguan miner abandoned in the Texas desert

Meylin del Socorro Obregón Leiva, 30, mother of miner found abandoned in the Texas desert, has already been released After being kidnapped by gangsters in Tamaulipas, her relatives confirmed.

“I am beyond martyrdom. God took care of me, only he knows what we have suffered so much. I give my life for my children, they are the blood of my blood, I would never have left them alone, ”the woman told her brother Misael Obregón on Thursday during a phone call when he was interviewed by Telemundo.

“I have no words to explain the great joy of hugging my child again and knowing that we are both fine,” he added.

The Nicaraguan woman explained that she did not know why she was released, but that she believed it was due to social pressure and the media which alerted Interpol and authorities in the United States, Mexico and its region. own country of abduction.

“It would be because of the news, I don’t know, I couldn’t explain it, they only told me to enlist, that it was not convenient for them to have me there , They told me they were going to leave me somewhere else alone, there was nothing there, ”said Meylin Obregón, mother of Wilton Gutiérrez, the 10-year-old boy who wandered alone in the Texas desert and said. been rescued by an officer. border.

Her captors left her at a border crossing which she said could not locate.

“As they left me there, a place where I didn’t know, I didn’t know where to go, so I asked for help and they sent me to a safer house”, a- he said.

Meyln surrendered to US border officials, where she appears to have been granted asylum.

“Yes, from what I understand, they are going to give me asylum,” he said.

On Wednesday, he spoke by phone with Wilton, who is in a juvenile detention center in Donna, Texas and whose only wish is to see him again.

“He was a little worried, he was like that because of what they wanted to ask him. I told her not to worry, not to cryThat he shouldn’t be upset, I told him everything would be fine and we would be together soon, ”Wilton’s mother said.

She fled the abuse of her husband

According to Meylin’s mother, Socorro Leiva, her “daughter ran away from a bad relationship ”, from a partner who was unfaithful to her, who humiliated and abused her. “I used to run my daughter off the farm every now and then. Rubbed women on his face; once he threw the cows at him. I don’t know if he physically assaulted her, but this man could do anything to her. She was returning to Lázaro’s farm out of love for her children, but after 12 years of relationship she couldn’t take it anymore, but he told her that if later he found another man he would kill them both», Assured the grandmother to the Nicaraguan media.

Meylin began his trip to the United States on February 7 with his son and two nephews, Misael’s children. Initially, only Misael’s two children, Meylin and the younger (Wilton), were returned to Mexico. In a second attempt, the two were kidnapped.

Meylin’s brother was the one who received the extortion call, in which he was informed of the kidnapping of her and her nephew WiltonHowever, he could only pay the miner’s ransom.

It was when they released him and allegedly crossed the border with a group of people, who allegedly left him alone overnight in the Texas desert, when he was found by a US Border Patrol agent who recorded the heartbreaking moment with his cell phone in which Wilton begged him to call for help.

Agree with Telemundo, Misael Obregón – who lives in Florida – knew Wilton’s whereabouts because a friend from Nicaragua I send you the audiovisual which circulated in the media.

According to the parent’s testimony, the minor and his mother left their country of origin because the child’s father mistreated them. Likewise, Misael’s two sons also joined the trip, although they all managed to cross the border into the United States once., the border police sent them back to Mexico, and Wilton and his mother were later deprived of their liberty.

“They told me that she and the child were there and that if I didn’t pay, they wouldn’t get out of there (…) I could only pay the child’s ransomMisael said, after recalling that he had received a call informing him that his family was deprived of their liberty.

In addition to the above, Wilton’s uncle mentioned that paid $ 5,000 to release the minor, therefore, the kidnappers abandoned him and left him near the border, where he was found.

For her part, the infant’s grandmother also spoke with Telemundo Yes He stressed that in Nicaragua, the whole family was also very concerned about the situation.

“(When I saw the video of the child) I cried with joy, I felt proud of this child, of the way he faced (the situation) and asked people for help. », Underlined the elderly woman.

The respect to the two cousins ​​who also made the trip with Wilton and his mother, they managed to cross alone to the United States and they are safe.

To date, the miner has saved he has been placed in a refuge in Texas and his mother continues to be kidnapped in Mexico. However, Misael started with the corresponding procedures to be able to take care of Wilton, despite this, if his mother does not show up, he could be sent back to Nicaragua to remain under the protection of his biological father.

We must not forget that the past On April 6, the video of Wilton walking with tears in his eyes for a border patrol went viral and he asked for help because he had been “thrown” near the Rio Grande.

–Can you help me?-, implored the minor at the beginning of the recording.

–What happened?– the replied the agent.

–“It’s because I came with a group of people and they dumped me and I don’t know where they are.–, explained the boy, who couldn’t hold back his tears.

According to initial reports, the incident happened on April 1, after the border officer finished his shift.

–You don’t know where they are, have they left you alone?– continued the officer who registered the minor.

–They left me dumped, alone-, replied.

–Aren’t you coming with mom or dad or someone?– Asked the agent.

–No one, I came in a group … and in the end they dumped me and I came here to ask for help!– cried the little one, –I’m coming, because if not, where am I going to go? Maybe they can rob me, kidnap me or something and I’m scared.

The recording was made just two days after the U.S. Border Patrol released surveillance footage showing human smugglers. throw two Ecuadorian girls off a border wall in the New Mexico desert.

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