An 11 -year -old Latin girl committed suicide after receiving deportation threats from other students in Texas

An 11 -year -old student has committed suicide After suffering harassment from other students in a Gainesville school, in Texas. The other young people threatened to denounce the girl to the US immigration authorities, so that it was so deported with her family. The death of the child has shocked the Hispanic community in the Texan state.

“I waited a miracle for a miracle for my daughter to recover, but unfortunately nothing has been done,” said his mother, Marbella Carranza, to the local press. The girl, after a suicide attempt at homedied on February 8 at the Medical City of Dallas.

The family has denounced the harassment he has suffered for months, a harassment of which His mother has learned after his death. Although school staff knew that the child suffered from ‘bullying’ for being Latin, No one notified his relatives about the matter.

Now, the mother is collaborating with the researchers to know the reason why the school did not report in due time, in a case that investigates The Cooke County Sheriff’s Office.

A “attention call” for the educational system

“She was a girl who was always active, she loved to make pirouettes and enjoyed films with the family,” his mother recalled about his daughter after a death that has shocked the Latin community of Texas. This is stated by Juanita Díaz, United We Dreams activist, organization in favor of migrant rights: “Bullying cannot be tolerated, much less when a child’s life is at risk. It is a call for attention for the educational system.”

Family and friends have gathered in the St. Mary’s Catholic Temple, in Gainesville, where a funeral mass in honor of the child. To help with funeral expenses, Marbella Carranza has created a page where the community has also left messages of support.

Source: Lasexta

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