Maria Elena Delgadomother of Sofía Herrera, the three-year-old girl who disappeared more than a decade ago in a campsite in Tierra del Fuego, expressed her anguish and frustration over the case of Loan Peña, the 5-year-old boy who disappeared in Corrientes more than 10 years ago. days. “I experience Loan with great anguish, I cannot understand how a boy disappears and cannot be found,” lament.
María Elena is a tireless activist in the search for her daughter and in raising awareness about the problem of disappearances of boys and girls in the country. Since Sofía’s disappearance in 2008, she criticized the lack of progress in search protocols and the slow response from the authorities.
“After my daughter, kids continue to disappear and it’s incredible. Now there are 99 missing children.”, he said this Monday in radio statements. Furthermore, he stressed the urgency of improving the effectiveness of investigations and the activation of the Sofia Alert.
When comparing her daughter’s case with Loan’s, María Elena highlighted the similarities in the alert delay and the lack of coordination between security forces. “I see the same mistakes that I experienced with Sofía. There is the Sofia Alert, but it is warned too late”, He stated and related it to recent cases, such as that of Guadalupe Lucero, where the late activation of the alert could have negatively affected the rescue possibilities.
““I’m waiting for the baby to appear… I’m very distressed because I think about what happens, I know what it’s like to live in this situation and then have them say the same thing, that it’s ‘a reckoning’.”held.
The tireless fight of María Elena Delgado
Since Sofia disappeared, María Elena toured the country to share the image of your daughter. On that journey, she gave talks in schools and community centers about the importance of prevention and immediate action in cases of missing children. “I hope it was an illegal adoption and we can find her one day”expressed with hope regarding the whereabouts of his daughter.
Currently, María Elena receives messages about possible sightings from people who believe they have seen someone similar to Sofia.
Regarding government policies, María Elena expressed her concern about the non-execution of the budget allocated to trafficking offices, defunding that had been pointed out in April of this year by the Civil Association for Equality and Justice (ACIJ).
“I found out through the media that the government could defund trafficking offices. This puts many girls at risk and should be avoided at all costs,” Sofía Herrera’s mother firmly warned, who also regretted the shortcomings in the institutional response to cases of child disappearances.
