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Hondurans have joined the donation campaign via the Internet to repatriate the bodies Jeyler and Jimmy Rivera Santos, Honduran brothers from Atima, Santa Bárbara who died in a traffic accident in the US on Thursday.
The initiative’s promoter is Carlos Eduardo Espina, a young Uruguayan committed to the laudable work of raising money on the Internet to help those in need. Via the social network TikTokEspina, where it has more than a million followers, has started a fundraising campaign to repatriate the bodies of the Rivera brothers.
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The families of the victims, especially their parents, who stated that they felt devastated after the incident, called on the Honduran authorities for help to watch over their children in their hometown, in the western department of Santa Barbara
Espina and all donors, especially Latin Americans who come in USA, from where the young man, in Texas, is dedicated to projecting works of this type, have already collected more than $ 31,000
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“This is the only one GoFundMe officer to assist the parents of the Jeyler and Jimmy Rivera-Santos. We are raising money for his family to pay for the funeral costs and other necessities, ”says the official site of donations for the repatriation of Hondurans.
Brothers Jimmy and Heyler Rivera, out 27 and 23 years old When they were old, they lived in the North American country for ten and three years, respectively. They worked in various areas in the state of Texas to support themselves and help their parents, even in old age.
“He (Heyler) told me he would fix the pastures so I wouldn’t work and rest,” said José Rivera, father of the deceased, during the week from the city of Santa Barbara. “He told me all he wanted was to help me so we could live well,” he adds.