Dramatic appeal to US authorities for urgent download meters to prevent a new one massacre at an educational institution in the USA addressed yesterday, Thursday, by Dora Mendoza, the grandmother of Ameri Garcσαaa 10-year-old schoolgirl who was killed this week in a gun attack at a Texas elementary school as the public debate over access to firearms returned to the forefront in the country.
Ameri loved reading, painting and loved playing with clay. It was one of the 19 children killed on Tuesday in the cold with two teachers from an 18-year-old at Rob Elementary School in Ovalde, Texas, in one of the worst massacres in recent years in the United States.
«My granddaughter was here. He was an innocent child who loved school and looked forward to summer“, Says 63-year-old Mendoza standing in front of the school, where many people have laid flowers in memory of the victims.
Dora, who lived with Ameri, last saw her at an event for the end of the year which took place a few hours before the murder. What he wants is for US officials, such as President Joe Biden and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to work together to take concrete action.
The Democratic president, who is expected to visit Ovalde on Sunday, and the Republican governor of Texas have diametrically opposed views on the issue. of restrictions to be imposed on sales weapons and how to deal with the scourge of gun violence in the US.
«Do not forget them. They should not just wait (…) for a tragedy to happen“, Says Dora Mendoza.
«They need to do something about it. They should not forget us, the babies (…) Please, do not forget themHe adds, speaking mixed English and Spanish.
«Do something, I beg you“, He continues with tears. «All these cries and all these innocent babies (…) We do not know what they lived through“, continues.
Like Ameri’s grandmother, many Ovalde residents had gathered in front of Rob School, where 21 small wooden crosses have been erected for the 19 children and 2 teachers killed.
«We all suffer. We did not expect this to happen here. “where most residents know each other, said 23-year-old Jaritsa Rangel who had gone, like many others, with her four children to leave flowers for the victims of the massacre.
Although she wants to avoid talking about politics, Rangel suggests three measures she would like to see implemented: extensive background checks, enhance school safety and raise the minimum age for arms purchases.
«It is not logical“, says. «One has to wait to be 21 to buy alcohol, why let 18-year-olds buy rifles?He asks.
The perpetrator of the massacre, the Salvador Ramos was an American citizen and attended high school in Uvalde, before giving them up, according to Texas Gov. Abbott, and had a white criminal record, while did not present psychological problems known to local health services.
On May 17, the day after his 18th birthday, he bought a semi-automatic rifle, then ammunition, and on May 20 another automatic rifle from the same Ovalde gun shop, according to Stephen McCrow, director of the Public Security Service. .
Rangel’s nephew was in a Rob school classroom where the 18-year-old murderer tried to enter but failed, and has been shocked by the attack, and now fears for her own children.
«What if this happens again?He wonders.
In addition to the school, a monument has been erected in the nearby central square of Uvalde. There are also 21 wooden crosses, one for each victim, around which flowers, candles and stuffed animals are placed.
«I love you cousin, again“, Writes a little girl on the cross that has been placed for one of the victims, the little Jackie Casares.
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