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A traffic accident in the province of Buenos Aires caused the death of three passengers, all of Venezuelan nationality, while an 11-month-old baby, who was traveling in the same car, survived, and now he has no family left in the country.
Police sources confirmed that the incident, which took place at kilometer 105 of National Route 9, involved two vehicles and a bus and only fatalities were registered in one of the vehicles, in which the parents of the baby, Raúl and Mariana, and her grandmother Cecilia, while the minor was transferred to the Virgen del Carmen de Zárate hospital with a femur fracture.
The baby, named Oliver Toro Chacón, he has no more family in the countryTherefore, it was made available to the Local Service for the Promotion and Protection of Children’s Rights, which issued a temporary shelter measure for a family friend of the deceased couple to take charge of the minor for now.
The woman who will guard Oliver contacted the hospital on Monday and said she had known the family for years. “Came today. Talk to her. She lives in Ingeniero Maschwitz with her partner and declared herself willing to take care of the child, with whom he has a bond since he knew the whole family. It is a shelter measure that lasts 180 days and then they can give you another 180 days or a permanent guard, “said Gazzia, the head of the local service.
The prosecutor investigating the incident, Andrea Palacios, asked that the relatives of the deceased contact the local police station.
One of the relatives, a resident of Chile, asked the Argentine Government to authorize entry to the country to one of the relatives from Venezuela to take care of the baby, since the Argentine borders remain closed to non-residents due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Oliver’s uncle is in the United States, due to legal and residency issues, now he cannot leave. Mariana’s brothers, who would be Oliver’s uncles, are in Venezuela, this is where we really need to ask the Argentine Government to help our relatives there in Venezuela by allowing them to enter the country, “he said in statements to TN Yuruari Bull.
Toro appealed directly to Foreign Minister Felipe Solá to allow the entry of at least two relatives so that they can meet with the baby.
“Mariana is a twin, and we consider that his sister is the most suitable to have the baby in Venezuela, she and another brother are the ones who should be traveling to Argentina as long as they give us the disposition of the Argentine Government, “he added.
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