The clowns Nelson Villatoro Escobar and Joselin Chacón Lobo, parents of three children, spent three weeks missing in Guatemala on Monday, while their relatives demanded that the authorities speed up the investigations in the case.
The family and friends of the couple today they held a small demonstration that culminated in front of the Public Ministry (MP, Prosecutor’s Office), in the center of Guatemala City, to request answers to the disappearance on May 9.
Joselin Chacón Lobo’s mother, Victoria de los Ángeles Lobo, was present at the march and in statements to journalists that the case be changed by the Prosecutor’s Office due to the lack of progress in the investigation.
The clown couple, father of three children, disappeared on May 9 after leaving a prison center in the south of the Central American nation, according to official sources.
The Guatemalan Public Ministry (MP-Prosecutor’s Office) informed on May 16 that various investigations are being carried out.
The couple lives in a house in the municipality of Amatitlán, 20 kilometers south of Guatemala City.
“They haven’t shown up. It has been reported in publications that they have appeared. Is a lie. That is why we have come here today hoping that the authorities will listen to us,” he asserted. one of the clowns organizing the march, without identifying himself.
The Public Ministry, for its part, received to “relatives” The couple spoke at their facilities this Monday, after the demonstration, specifically through the Undersecretary General, Erick Schaeffer, and the Second Undersecretary, Dilma Samayoa.
“During the meeting, the Officials from the Public Ministry listened to and attended to the requests of the relatives and stated that they will spare no effort in the search,” he pointed out. The state entity through its communication channels.
On May 12, a group of 50 people, including family and friends of the couple, demonstrated in Amatitlán to demand a prompt investigation into the case. n about the disappearance of Villatoro Escobar and Chacón Lobo, without results so far.
In the last 18 years, some 42,000 people have disappeared in Guatemala and more than half of them are women, according to data from the humanitarian organization Mutual Support Group (GAM).