2023-09-24 08:36:06
The students were happy, sharing food accompanied by their families and pets, who were also able to parade around the plant
The sit-in of the Brown Burros Student Movement continued this Saturday, September 23, with cultural activities, psychological support and support for a caravan.
Under the pedestrian bridge between the Technological Institute of Saltillo and the Autonomous University of Coahuila, the contingent that constantly receives donations of food and drink is concentrated.
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Around 7:30 p.m., the fence created with protesters’ cars opened to make way for the Caravan for Leo made up of several trailers in support of the Saltillo boy.
In an interview for VANGUARDIA, Perla Nájera, Leo’s mother, explained that the caravan has been taking place for four years to raise awareness about mitochondrial diseases, which affect one in every five thousand infants.
During the night there were artistic activities on Venustiano Carranza Boulevard. Photo: Alonso Flores
Particularly, Leo is the only child who suffers from a type of these diseases in the north of Mexico while he is the only one in the country to have Leigh Sulphut syndrome, a variant of mitochondrial diseases.
He expressed that after requesting the lighting of several buildings as occurs in other cities in the world, it was in 2019 that the ITS agreed to illuminate its green and white façade as a form of support and awareness, being the only building in Saltillo.
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“The movement is to make people aware that rare diseases exist. “Leo has palliative treatment since the mutation has no cure, so he has to try to survive day by day,” Nájera explained.
Trailers circulated and parked in front of the Tecnológico de Saltillo. Photo: Alonso Flores
In that sense, the students did not prevent the caravan from reaching the Tec facilities and even joined the cheers and the photo on the façade of the building.
Later, the students resumed their activities with a dog catwalk in which the students themselves or their family members showed their pets on a catwalk.
To close the day, teacher Nelly from the ITS Folkloric Ballet congratulated the students for maintaining the sit-in even this Saturday, pointing out that particularly her dance group has many shortcomings.
Students and members of the caravan for Leo posed for the photograph. Photo: Alonso Flores
She pointed out that since she was a Tec student and now that she is in charge of the group they have not had adequate facilities and they constantly have to provide their own money for the locker rooms.
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“You have never given me support, I am here for the love of art, I am here for you, for my students who have never left me. I hope you like the presentation they have for you. Thank you very much for opening this space for us,” she explained.
She explained that in addition to Tec, she is also a teacher of the Gallitos dance group, which is why both groups performed in Yucatán, Chiapas and Colima.
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