As the sun’s rays shine every morning in the Caribbean Region, more precisely in the District of Riohacha, capital of La Guajira, there is a Venezuelan migrant woman who leaves very early to walk the streets, parks and desolate places in search of her son, a young man who has been missing for four months along with 7 other people, who left aboard a boat from the State of Falcón, Venezuela, to the Island of Aruba.
“He has been missing for four months, he left on December 9, 2023, from the municipality of Punto Fijo in the state of Falcón – Venezuela, the boat was found in January but for a month now they have told me that they have seen it in Riohacha in street condition.” “said the woman who identified herself as Marilyn Rojas, mother of Gustavo Lugo, who does not lose hope of finding her son alive and returning with him to her country of origin. She carries with her a sheet of paper with her son’s photograph and He shows it to everyone who observes it.
It should be remembered that the yellow boat named “Rogui” was located by the Colombian authorities on January 12, 2024, south of San Andrés Island, but they only found the body of a person in a state of decomposition. It has not yet been possible to identify it, however, it is presumed to be that of one of them and that the body belongs to a man between 45 and 50 years of age, the whereabouts of the others are unknown.
Since then Marilyn has begun her searches, her photograph has been posted on social media, but many have told her that their son has apparently been seen wandering the streets of Riohacha in a street condition, she walks through each of them every day. places, the one he most frequents is the La India park, there he silently waits to be able to find his son, with a chilling look and with the sheet of his son’s photo in hand he hopes that someone will give him news about him.
The anguish of knowing where her son is accompanies her every moment, not knowing what happened to him keeps her with hope alive, since they only found the identity documents, but no trace of them, knowing this keeps her with the living hope that his son is alive and that he will find him to hold him in his arms and show him all the love he feels for him.
“Please, if you know anything, whatever, contact the phones 312-7719567, 322-3328747, 318-8784479, 323-7907611 and 310-2712725; His family is looking for him, we do not lose hope of finding him alive, we hope for all the collaboration and information if they know of his whereabouts,” said the young man’s mother.
While she continues her daily routine, she leaves very early in the morning, makes her way through each of the places, wakes up with the same energy and with the hope placed in God to find her son: “wherever they tell me to go, I will go.” look for him, I’m his mother, wherever they tell me to go there I’ll go, I don’t care what condition he is in, I need to know about him to have him in my arms,” she said with sobbing eyes as she touched her fingers to the girl’s face. image on the sheet of paper that describes the face of his son Gustavo Lugo.
