A week ago, when the flood devastated their house located in the Mas del Jutge urbanization, in Torrent (Valencia), the parents of Rubén and Izan – the two missing children, aged three and five – live in the terrible anguish of not knowing where their children are, whom they are desperately searching for by all possible means. Moreover, in the midst of tragedy, they must face the disinformation Already circulation of hoaxes which has been taking place relentlessly on social networks since last Tuesday, October 29.
The last of the “false news” from DANA in Valencia, concerning the two little ones, was denied this Tuesday by the association Missing SOSresponsible for issuing notices with descriptions of people who have lost track of them. The entity warned against the dissemination on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram of the photograph of a three-year-old minor found in Laredo (Mexico), who had been linked to Rubén.
“Unfortunately, it’s not Rubén, the little boy who disappeared with his brother Izán in Torrent because of DANA. This is the case of Mexico which We have serious doubts that this is true», Confirms the president of SOS Desaparecidos, Joaquín Amills. Likewise, the organization emphasizes that “no child has been located or remained unidentified in the affected areas.”
Thus, the desperate search continues to find Izán and Rubén, who disappeared on October 29 in Mas del Jutge, Torrent. “Izán is five years old, with short black hair and Rubén is three years old, with short blond hair.», Describes SOS Desaparecidos on its social networks.
According to some relatives, the children were having dinner with their father in the living room of their house when the waterspout came violently. The parent managed to hang on to a branch and the children were carried away by the current. From the very morning he started looking for them accompanied by some of his neighbors and in the following days the firefighters and police from the Balearic Islands who went to Valencia joined him.
Since last week, the different public administrations and security forces deployed on the ground have been warning against the proliferation of hoaxes and false news regarding DANA, as happened with the underground parking lot in Bonaire, in which for At the moment they did not find any dead people. , as well as new river overflows during the red alert last Sunday.
Victims identified and autopsies
According to the latest report from the Data Integration Center (CID), there are already 111 people killed by DANA who have been entirely identified by forensic teams and the Valencia Police and Civil Guard.
Furthermore, since last Wednesday, the day after the major floods which triggered the disaster, there have been 190 autopsies in the City of Justice of Valencia, corresponding to corpses which were then transferred to the morgue installed in Fira Valencia.
