Four Minors Allegedly Commit Suicide After Rescue from 'La Gran Familia' Shelter Maria G. Valdez - Latin Times
go to original August 16, 2014

A youth looks through a barred window inside "La Gran Familia" home. Authorities raided the shelter after many complaints and rescued 452 children from the vermin-infested refuge for abandoned boys and girls, some of whom it believes to have been sexually abused. The refuge was run by Rosa Verduzco, or "Mamá Rosa" as she is known. (Reuters)

Four children who lived at Rosa Verduzco’s shelter, known as “Mamá Rosa” have taken their lives after suffering from diverse traumas. “Four minors have committed suicide since this happened (the intervention to the hostel),” Julio Hernández Barros, commissioner of the Executive Committee for Victims (CEAV in Spanish), a decentralized agency of the federal government, said. "Most (suicides) took place at the homes where the kids were originally from, and as their own families have reported, it was a result of the psychological damages suffered at the shelter-hostel. We’re investigating those cases,” Hernández Barros added.

The latest minor who committed suicide was reported Thursday, confirmed María Ampudia, head of the foundation “Y Quién Habla por Mí” (And Who Speaks for Me), who went to the CEAV with several people who lived in the hostel “Mamá Rosa” to denounce the abuse perpetrated by the staff. “We could not get here in time because one of the kids coming with us committed suicide. He hanged himself, an 11-year-old boy. It is a shame that this young man didn’t get the opportunity to recoup. We are sad, mourning,” lamented Ampudia.

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