Colombia: old man buried alive at home due to lack of support | VIDEO

Luis Miguel López, 74, decided to bury himself in his own home. He did it to warn about the level of abandonment in which he lives in his home in the town of Usme, Colombia.

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The old man lives in a precarious shack built of cans and wood that do not protect him from the cold at night and early in the morning. He does not have electricity, water or anything to cook with, according to the newspaper El Tiempo.

He is alone, his children, each with their own economic problems and unemployment, cannot help him.

Recently, criminals even stole his work material and stabbed him.

Because of all this, she decided to ask for help from the Bogota mayor’s office (at the Secretariat for Social Integration), but received no support. He knocked on other doors for help and was always denied any assistance.

“The problem is that I have neither electricity nor water. I had to send my son to a relative, I sent my daughter to Restrepo and my other son is also unemployed, so it is a difficult situation that we have experienced, “ said the older adult, according to the La Semana newspaper.

In Usme, a grandfather decided to bury himself alive in the patio of his house in protest at the abandonment of the state in which he claims to be living. Don Luis was taken to a hospital last night and no more. The mayor did not help him. he buried himself again @ClaudiaLopez @integracionbta @Citytv pic.twitter.com/ebWzAm5Kle

– Leonardo Ballesteros (@BallesterosLeo) May 24, 2022

So, he decided to dig his own grave.

In the middle of his house he made a hole and when it was deep enough he decided to go in with the intention of making visible what he and the older adults in the area suffer.

He was in the hole for several hours, buried up to his neck. The Official Fire Department of Bogotá and the Ministry of Health entered his home to rescue him and take him to the hospital.

He spent the night hospitalized and is under medical supervision, but when he is discharged, if no one helps him, he will return to the precarious and undignified life that led him to dive into a hole.

Source: Elcomercio

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