It was easy to fall into a morbid situation by getting bathed in sensational mud in front of a story with all the ingredients. However, not only does it not “548 days. Captured by a sect”Documentary series about the hell of the young woman from Elche Patricia Aguilar and his family is a must-watch for those with children, which aired on Disney+ last Friday.
Almost everyone knows more or less what is going on thanks to the media, so the signed documentary is of great value a priori Jose Ortuno And Elm Figueredo Having first-person testimony of the main protagonist Patricia Aguilar, she explains what it’s like to be a teenager, sparing no detail, and in an experience that for her was supposed to be as painful as it was cathartic. He came to fall into the nets of a born manipulator. So much so that when he came of age, he stole money and left his family to go to Peru with himself and his two “wives”.
However, when watching the three episodes that make up this production, “Escape”, “The Journey” and “Rescue”, what really touches and moves is, the emotional nudity of some parents ruining their lives and even relationships explaining why their daughters have moved from a life they consider normal to being part of a sex cult; and to give birth to a baby Abandoned to its fate in the middle of the Amazon jungle.
A teenager’s hell and his family’s adventure
rose poveda And Alberto AguilarWhatever money the family made from their involvement in the show (how well earned), it was clear from the start that this production had to be beneficial. It should have served to prevent other teenagers and other parents from experiencing the same tragedy, even though in his case he had a disease. happy ending.
Because when you watch the first episode, you can’t believe it and you can’t help wondering. how can this beSome parents were unaware of the “double life” their daughter was living and what was actually going on in her head. “This is not going to happen to me,” you say to yourself.
As the story progresses, thanks to the drawing of the profile guru of the gnosis sect Felix Esteven Manrique, now and behind bars for yearsbut above all without forgetting the testimonies of Rosa and Alberto, the vital assistance of her maternal cousin Noelia Bruone realizes that yes, no one is exempt from being in such a situation.
Pink, He’s depressed Due to the sudden and premature loss of his brother, he took refuge in online games; Like many other parents, Alberto sacrificed the attention needed for his children just focus on the job and go against the firefighter.
It was the breeding ground for her self-feeling 16-year-old daughter. lonely and emotionally dazed Due to the death of his uncle, to whom he was very close, he was trapped on the Internet by a predator who revoked his will and convinced him that he could only escape the apocalypse by becoming his uncle’s sexual slave. .
Forced persuasion should be considered a crime
With a billing as elegant as it is effective (anime moments showing very raw moments are great), the series leaves a lot of residue and launch strange messagessuch as those about the role of the security forces and the Spanish media in this incident.
First, because of his lack of empathy and inhumanly bureaucratic refuge in Turkey. legal mantra That there’s little they can do when Patricia comes of age.
“I hope this documentary helps Spain have a legislative change that includes: persuasion as a crime“, drew attention to the authors of the series.
And indeed the law should take into account that being old is not an excuse not to act in manipulation situations. There have been other cases around the world with consequences in Spain. Many people have been scammed and just moved for Completed economic crimeignoring that they are victims of a coercive cultas are Zoe Generation (coming soon on Netflix and an advertisementnot irony).
seconds, mediabecause the issue was resolved by the media as the police shelved it.
Heroes
Fortunately, despite the image often conveyed to them, and I’m talking about South America in general, not just Peru. police and judicial officials of that country They were more than equal to when Alberto went to Lima to look for his daughter.
Luis Alfonso Capcha And Christian HuarcayaThe agents of the Peruvian National Criminal Investigation Directorate, with the support of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Human Trafficking Crimes, were the true heroes of this story without capes. They risked their lives by entering the forest dominated by drug traffickers, but with audacity and perseverance they succeeded in fulfilling their promise to Alberto to return alive the malnourished daughter.
Invaluable, comforting, and revealing the immense power he has over people (hide the sandal detail and the attendant who took the statement), see ch. Manrique’s arrest.
Message from Patricia’s parents put it too deep. You need to spend time with your children, talk to them, especially when they are teenagers. Get to know them well and make them trust us. We spend our lives wanting to give them the best, even if it means stealing the best of us. It’s a worn down version of the saying “work to live rather than live to work”. It’s hard but you have to do it. Play with your children, spend time with them. Don’t leave them in front of the screen because we don’t know who they’ll find behind them. there’s more Felix Esteven Manrique we think