The mother of the 20-year-old man shot dead by mistake in Malaga a month ago has assured that she will fight "for justice to be done" and has called for responsibility "not only from the murderers" but also from the public authorities; as well as a reinforcement of the means by the administrations against this type of events.
"What happened to my son cannot be treated like any other case," he said and urged us to reflect and know "how we have come to create a city where murders are beginning to be the order of the day."
"We are talking about a boy of only 20 years old, murdered by hitmen, having absolutely nothing to do with that horrible world of crime," Nacho's mother said in a letter, just one month after the murder this Sunday, for which three men were arrested and are in prison who, according to the investigation, mistook him for a threat and shot him when he was sitting on a street bench in the Barcenillas area.
He pointed out that the hitmen "believed that he belonged to another gang and that he carried a weapon in his shoulder bag." "Several resumes, personal belongings and an adrenaline pen, which always accompanied him because he suffered from a serious food allergy. That's what he carried," he said in the letter. "I will fight for justice to be done, although at this moment it does not console me, because nothing will bring him back to life," he stressed.
In his opinion, "drug trafficking and organized mafias are not going to disappear, they are being transformed", which is why he has demanded "political leaders, administrations and the judiciary to strengthen, within their respective powers, all the necessary means to confront this situation."
For the parent, a "deep analysis of what is happening in our city" is needed. "I want to know why one of my son's alleged murderers, who had previously been arrested for attempted murder, was not imprisoned. I demand that the circumstances and decisions that made that situation possible be explained," he appealed.
"I want to know how we have come to create a city where murders are beginning to be the order of the day," a point at which he has demanded "accountability, not only from my son's murderers, but also from all the powers of the State, each one within the scope of their powers."
As he considered, "Málaga is dying of success and one of the problems of city management is that the proliferation of tourist apartments and the lack of control can make it easier for hitmen from drug trafficking mafias to find places to hide." "I am convinced that something like this could have been avoided with more responsible management," she added.
"Ravenous speculation and an absolute lack of control have been allowed in the growth of our city, without any type of limits or balance," said Nacho's mother. He has also urged that "political gain not be taken or the morbidity of what happened be encouraged, because all this adds more pain to my suffering" and, furthermore, he has asked that "this terrible tragedy not be taken advantage of to promote racism or hatred."
In this regard, he has said that "focusing on the origin or skin color of his murderers would be a tremendous mistake. Simple minds do that, with fear of the different. They are murderers and that's it. They are not people from other countries who come to look for a better life, they are hitmen who care little about the lives of others and who kill for money," he stressed.
Regarding his son, he highlighted that he was "a noble, good, educated, loving, smart child, a lover of animals and music" and indicated that he was looking for a new job while waiting for the admission lists for a middle grade. "He was always very hard-working and had several jobs to be more independent," said the mother, who added that "murderers have cut short his dreams."
He has assured that he was "very happy in his 20 years of life and has always been surrounded by love, the same love that he returned in spades" and has remembered the families who have gone through "something as horrible as the death of a child, but who have had no means or support that would make surviving this horror anything less unbearable."
In this sense, he has thanked his family and also "the wonderful friends of Nacho"; as well as the Police units that have carried out the investigation of the case "quickly and who have treated me with exquisite affection and delicacy", in addition to those who helped her son at the time of the events, the public health service and, specifically, the health workers who treated him and tried "until the last moment for him to continue living."
He also had words for his colleagues at work, for the Workers' Commissions of Malaga "for moving forward with a claim that my son already started while he was alive"; to the staff of Parcemasa, to CAMM, "where he studied music and was very happy" and "to all the good people of Malaga who have cared about me and who have paid tribute to my great little Nacho."
But at the same time he has alluded to the "horrible comments, with profound evil and an absolute lack of knowledge of the great boy that my little one was, without knowing absolutely anything about the police investigation" and has asked that anyone who finds a video broadcast on social networks of his mortally wounded son "report its dissemination and not contribute to its further propagation."
In this sense, he thanked the Audiovisual Council of Andalusia, the Professional Association of Journalists of Andalusia, the Press Association of Malaga, the Professional Council of the RTVA and the Ombudsman of the RTVE Audience "for their forcefulness against the broadcast of said video on some television channels" and the family for the complaints made.
