Four Ecuadorian citizens are said to be among the thirteen fatalities of the fire that broke out in the nightclub area in Murcia, Spain.

According to the BBC, the “disappeared” include Jorge Enrique Batioja and Rosa María Rosero, both Ecuadorians and residents of Caravaca de la Cruz.”

It also mentions “the couple formed by Tania and Jon, both of Ecuadorian descent. She, a friend of Erick’s, worked as a domestic worker; him as a mason.”

Erick Torres Hernández, another of the fatalities, was Nicaraguan and was celebrating his thirtieth birthday, a party attended by Jorge, Rosa, Tania and Jon, his friends, reports La Voz de Galicia.

Tragedy mourns families of Ecuadorians in Murcia

Four friends, Ecuadorian Jorge Bajiota and his wife Rosa; the Colombian Leidy Paola Correa and her companion; They left Caravaca de la Cruz on the night of Saturday, September 30, for the recreation area of ​​Murcia to celebrate.

They arrived at the Fonda Milagros nightclub, published El Mundo, where Jorge recorded a video and sent it to a friend with a message that is barely audible because of the music: “Look, I don’t work until Tuesday.”

At six in the morning on Sunday, October 1, 2023, the story was different: a terrifying fire destroyed not only Fonda Milagros, but also two other nightclubs, Theater and Golden.

Jorge, his partner and his two friends are on the list of fatalities of this tragedy that engulfs Spain, Colombia and Ecuador.

They, El Mundo noted, “were on the second floor where the thirteen confirmed dead were trapped and who eventually collapsed and unleashed hell.”

The nightclub was frequented by the Latin American community, where they often gathered to celebrate birthdays and special parties.

The opinion of Murcia

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An Ecuadorian couple leaves behind three orphaned children

Jorge, 34 years old, had three children with Rosa.

In La Opinión from Murcia they regret that the children have been orphaned and say that “the four young people traveled in the same vehicle to enjoy an evening of partying, in some cases it was the first time they went to that recreational area. A night that ended in tragedy.”

A friend, Bryan Alexander, traveled to Murcia with Jorge’s mother, El Mundo reported.

He said they had been friends for more than 20 years.As children (very young) they came from Ecuador“added the Spanish media.

Shocked by the tragedy, Bryan said: “We are working together and doing everything we can to help find them… or identify them.”

Jorge had a job as a tractor driver at an agricultural company

The world

Only six of the 13 who died in a Latin American nightclub in Murcia have been identified, while their deaths will be investigated as reckless killings.

The woman with the heartbreaking audio

Jorge and Rosa were with Leydy Paola Correa, a 27-year-old Colombian. She is the one who left the heartbreaking sound to her mother that went around the world.

“Mom, I love her; We’re going to die‘, the woman said in the middle of that unleashed hell.

“My daughter and her boyfriend, who was with her, were my other son. They had never been to a nightclub in Murcia, they did not know that this nightclub had a closure order. Some friends invited them and they agreed to meet there,” Jairo Correa told W Radio.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, EFE reports, on Tuesday, October 3, regretted the tragedy that occurred last Sunday due to the fire in a nightclub in Murcia (Spain) and confirmed that three Colombians were among the thirteen dead. Six bodies have been identified.

According to El Mundo, it will take days for the “burned” victims to be identified through DNA testing. (JO)