María Belén Zerda, Argentina missing in the jungle of Mexico, made her first public statements

Argentina found after disappearing for two weeks in the jungle of Mexico, María Belén Zerda, He made his first public statements this Friday in which he thanked his family “Rescue payment“Already the Mexican authorities for their work. In addition He denied having schizophrenia.

The reasons for the Zerda disappeared for two weeks and went into a jungle area of ​​Cancun are still a mystery. during your search, the Prosecutor’s Office mexicana ruled out that it has been a kidnapping and handled as a hypothesis that he had had an outbreak of schizophrenia. However, both the victim and his family reject that he has been a mental condition.

“I want to clarify that I am a person with a solid work and personal career, with experience in recognized companies where I have overcome various interviews and psychological tests, demonstrating my stability and capacity,” Zerda wrote in the statement published on his Instagram. “I have no disease or pathology as schizophrenia”Added the 38 -year -old woman.

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Before disappearing, Zerda was last seen on April 6 when she lived with other people and, for no apparent reason, she ran to a jungle area, without those who accompanied her could find her. Mexican authorities activated the ALBA protocol For his search and managed to find it 12 days later in an area bordering on the jungle with the same clothes he had at the time of his sudden flight.

In the publication in their networks, Zerda expressed: “Those who judged without knowing history, I humbly ask them to consider the importance of the empathy and understanding. Not all ways are the same, and each person lives unique experiences. Hopefully we someday learn the importance of compassion and mutual support, since support can make a big difference in critical moments. ”

A week after being found and attended by doctors, the woman returned to the country of origin where her improvement continues. “I am alive and healthy, which is a miracle. Physical and mental health is in the process of recoveryand I am focused on rebuilding my life and overcoming the challenges it entails, ”said Zerda.

“I want to especially thank my family, friends, media, chancellor, embassy, ​​Argentine Confederation of Cestoball and all the people who helped, including María Fernanda Vizan, Ana the Mexican Police. His support was fundamental to facilitate the situation and I feel grateful for his help in this recovery process. Thank you all for being there for me. That empathy and compassion always guide us.

How it survived in the jungle of Mexico

Beyond the reasons that led the woman to run to the jungle without more means than the clothes she dressed, the days hospitalized between the vegetation survived without eating and lost a lot of weight until it was identified by the authorities.

“She was dehydrated. When we arrived we took her to the doctor and put three sera, they gave her potassium. He spent a week without eating and drinking water from some lagoon, from the rain that was left. He also found a bottle, he doesn’t know what, and he took it,” said one of the Zerda brothers to Infobaewhich also indicated that “I ate what I could, there was a blackberry tree and ate that, ate leaves, anything to survive.”

“She is very hurt by skin because she spent two weeks in the jungle. He walked barefoot, took her clothes, washed her on the lake and put that back. She slept during the afternoon the night she went for a walk,” said the relative.

“He saw her a group of psychologists, saw her a group of psychiatrists, studied all kinds, made her a tomography, looked at her lungs, they made radiographs, she is Barbara. The only thing is that she went down like 15 kilos and had a little bit under the potassium, but then everything else was barbaric,” he said the same medium according to the story of the relatives.

LM / They