The real reason a woman has committed suicide in Colombia and why she did it with her son

February 18, 2019

At first, it was said that Jessy Paola Moreno had been suicidal for the "drip", the stifling illegal credit system. But the reasons were others.

A few days ago, a video shocked the world: Jessy Paola Moreno, a 32 year old woman, He committed suicide with his 10 year old son by jumping from a bridge in Ibagué, Colombia.

However, it seems that the reasons for the suicide they would not have been the "drip", the asphyxiant illegal credit system what's in the country This version was given prematurely by the local mayor, Guillermo Jaramillo.

It was then when from the magazine Week He published an investigation in which they claimed to have spoken to "numerous sources", including badistants, police, prosecutors and doctors. There, they also reveal that the The decision to commit suicide with his son took 15 days before.

It was then that they abandoned the "drip" credit system, in which the money is delivered immediately and there are not too many requests to become a creditor of one of them. The problem arises when interest rates skyrocket, since they oscillate between 20% and 40% per month. If the debtor is in arrears, interest is charged on interest and intimidation is present at the time of the decision. the charges.

According to the magazine, the woman attached his body to the child with a strap and a blanket, and he did not even listen when the child begged him: "Mamita, please, do not Do not do it, I do not want to die, give your hand to the police who want to help. "

The woman presented a clinical picture of severe depressionand suffered from difficulties "economic and sentimental" problems, as the woman would have said to the police. Research also indicates that a few weeks ago, He had to sell his bike "to feed" his son.

His son's father had abandoned them when he was very young and the woman started a relationship with a larger man who was his economic backer. When they broke up, the financial problems started and she He refused to go home with his mother.

It was then that on the bridge, she allegedly accused her mother of the inability to help her financially. And he said that he had committed suicide with his son, because his main fear left him helpless: "If I leave him alone, he will suffer more than me, I have no one to take care of me, my mother does not have what."