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Goio Diogo Fernandes de Oliveira’s dream of living and financially stabilizing in the United States was interrupted when he tried to enter the country illegally. The 36-year-old business manager died after falling from a wall that borders Mexico and the state of Texas, he told the newspaper. G1 a relative who chose not to be identified. In the fall, he hit his head and broke his pelvis.
Diogo died on December 7. On Monday (14), the family sent a power of attorney to acquaintances living in the United States to hire a company to transfer the body from Mexico to São Luís de Montes Belos, a city in the central region of Goiás where Diogo’s parents they live.
Diogo Fernandes’s last call was to his 60-year-old father. They spoke on the last 7, around 9 at night. The relative said that the connection occurred hours before the crossing between the two countries.
“Dad, I’m going to cross tonight, then we’ll talk. Kisses,” and so Diogo said goodbye to the family that night.
The next contact the family received was from the Brazilian consulate in Mexico, on Saturday morning (12), with the news of the death. Diogo’s relative interviewed by G1 He says that, after being informed of what happened to the manager of the company, he traveled from Goiânia, where he lives, to São Luís de Montes Belos, to inform the victim’s parents about the accident.
“He always had the dream of going to the United States. He was full of plans for him and the girlfriend. His goal was to provide better living conditions for the family, especially for the parents,” said the relative.
Itamaraty reported, in a note, that it cannot give details about specific cases, but that it offers assistance to relatives, in order to support them in their decisions on, for example, the transfer of remains. (read the full note at the end of the text).
Between 2017 and 2019, Diogo Fernandes tried to obtain the visa three times, but failed. He worked as a store manager in a shopping center in Goiânia, which ended up closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Unemployed and with the dream of a life change, he hired a person to help him on the journey, a role he knew as a coyote, and bought his ticket to Cancun, Mexico.
“There, the coyote that he hired was waiting for him to take him to a reserved place, where a group would wait for the moment of the crossing,” says the relative.
The relative said Diogo planned the trip when he was unemployed. The family says they have no information on who the coyote was.
The relative heard by the report says that Diogo spoke about the crossing, warned about the risks and advised him to wait longer to try to obtain a visa. But according to him, the business manager was determined to go after reading positive reports from people who made the same crossover he tried.
In the United States, friends were eagerly awaiting the arrival of Goiano. The relative explained that some people who live legally in the country offered help with housing and employment.
“He would not be alone in the United States. Some of our acquaintances would help him find a job and a house to live in. Afterwards, he would continue with his own life,” said the relative.
In addition to helping his parents financially, the Goiano wanted to save money and live in his own house to take his girlfriend to live with him. The family could not say whether the woman had seen or would attempt to obtain the document.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the General Consulate in Mexico City, provides all possible legal and material assistance to Brazilians in that country, respecting current international treaties and local legislation, as established by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Internal Regulations of the Secretary of State for Foreign Relations and the Manual of the Consular and Legal Service of Itamaraty.
In the event of the death of a Brazilian citizen abroad, as part of the assistance service for nationals, Brazilian embassies and consulates provide family members with general guidelines to support them in their decisions regarding, for example, the transfer of remains. , help his contacts with the local authorities, in order to obtain all the necessary clarifications on the facts and, finally, take care of the issuance of documents, such as the Brazilian death certificate. In cases of death in suspicious circumstances, consular assistance also includes follow-up of investigations with local authorities.
In accordance with article 31 of Law 12,527 / 2011 and article 55 of Decree 7,724 / 2012, personal information that refers to privacy, intimacy, honor and image is protected by secrecy and cannot be disclosed Without “legal provision or express consent of the person to whom they refer”, or, “if the owner of the personal information has died or is absent”, they cannot be disclosed without the consent of the spouse or partner, descendants or ascendants.
