Patricia Ramírez, the mother of Gabriel Cruz, the minor murdered in Almería by his father’s ex-partner, Ana Julia Quezada, in 2018, publishes a devastating video in which she strongly requests that no one, from any media or audiovisual producer by making of series or documentaries, take financial advantage from the fateful death of his son. “I beg you to help us once again because we cannot make this trip alone,” she said sadly while calling on citizens to participate in a rally in La Ballena Azul del Pescaíto next Saturday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. in rejection of the who try to profit from this drama.
“With enormous feelings, I share a video with you to request help, assistance and protection and to be able to defend them from those who intend to profit from the murder of Gabriel, ignoring the rules and the tremendous pain of their parents and those of us who love them,” he explained. “Our fish are not for sale.”
It has been throughout his story where Ramírez has revealed that at all times the family has rejected offers to make some type of documentary or series delving into the murder of the boy, known as Pescaíto; However, at this moment they feel helpless because, as he explained, there are those who want to “profit” from his death. “The fish are not for sale” is the motto of this rally, in which they invite all the “good people” to join them to put a stop to this situation next Saturday on the Almadrabillas beach (in the capital of Almeria ), something that only increases the pain of a family that has been broken for six years.
“From the beginning we have not wanted to be involved in this, we have rejected all types of offers that have been made to us and we have continually stated that we did not want to participate in making documentaries or series with Gabriel’s death,” said Patricia Ramírez, who has commented that “unfortunately at this moment there are irregularities and people who are trying to profit from his death, damaging not only his memory after having taken his life from us, but ignoring our pain and not paying attention to the rules, breaking them,” he assured the time to state your desire to make this situation public.
In this sense, he has asked for social support to assess whether these types of situations may be “unfair” for Gabriel’s own family or those of other victims, as well as to assess whether they should be “allowed in a society that is worth it.” be lived.”
“I beg you to help us once again because we cannot make this journey alone,” claimed Patricia Ramírez, who has requested support to “turn all this around” and be able to have “a future that is a little more passable and hopeful” since On the contrary, he believes, “what is coming to us is going to be difficult to bear.”
Gabriel Cruz’s mother has already carried out a campaign by collecting signatures to request Congress to implement a law that prohibits “using and benefiting” from her son’s image in digital media, websites or social networks as a claim.
Likewise, last March he issued a letter to demand that the media and social networks “respect the victims appropriately” and “protect them from unnecessary pain,” putting “decency and professionalism before particular or economic interests.” .
“I beg you to take a step forward and set an example for the country and put ethics and good work against convenience,” he said in a statement published on the social network .
Gabriel’s mother regrets the “bad practices” and “sensationalism” in which his “case and other violent media cases in Spain” have been involved and highlights the “need” for “an adequate treatment of the news of events” that avoid the “violation of fundamental rights”.
“I ask you to remove ‘the ugly’ from your accounts and domains, what stains your memory, its lurid headlines, videos, morbid and unnecessary podcasts, and I ask you to reflect on whether it could be good to protect your profession,” he says.
He points out that he shares what he “feels” in this statement in the belief that “this type of bad practices can change” and in “memory” of his “little Gabriel”, while expressing his gratitude to “the wave of good people ” who have “supported us without letting go during these six years.”
Patricia Ramírez alluded to the “pain” caused by “that the same content has been promoted for six years” or that “her case is used,” and rejected the “blaming” of the victims for “seeking help from all sides and “any means at your disposal to find or save your son, daughter, brother, wife, husband, grandparents.”
He disgraced, along these lines, the fact that “victims are helped in exchange for continually exposing them and using their story at convenience” and considers that “more than help, it is taking advantage of vulnerable people in need of care and protection because their lives will change forever drastic and brutal.”
“I could never imagine the terrible pain and deterioration that the media coverage of the case would cause us, the irreparable damage and the impact that it continues to have on our lives,” he stressed to conclude that it was “sad that, in these six years,” when it has come to light public opinion “to request that no more tricks be done to us in defense of our rights,” I did so “with fear that they would use it to turn me against other victims or those related to a political party or ideology.”
Gabriel Cruz was murdered by his father’s ex-partner in Las Hortichuelas, a district of Níjar, on February 27. He had gone there to enjoy a day of celebration (February 28 is Andalusia Day), but what was going to be just another long weekend turned into a true nightmare.
The boy died at the hands of Ana Julia Quezada, convicted for the facts, and a family was completely broken. After almost two weeks of intense searching, the little boy’s body appeared lifeless.
