Maria Elena Delgado, the mother of Sofia Herrerathe minor disappeared 14 years ago in a campsite in Tierra del Fuego when she was 3 years old, asked for the first time that a 17-year-old girl be tested for DNA San Juan because of the great physical resemblance he has with his daughter.
It is about an adopted girl who She has very similar characteristics and the same age as Sofía would be now., even though his birthday is one or two months later. Despite that, the mother has great doubts and maintains that “it could be her”. According to her account, months ago, a woman who lives in the city of San Juan contacted her on Facebook to tell her about her minor, who was adopted by her neighbors, and sent her photos.
Although at the beginning of this month the Justice of Tierra del Fuego ruled out that track after comparing the minor’s affiliation data with the Justice of San Juan, Sofía’s mother insisted on the request of the DNA sample after a meeting with national authorities from the Secretariat of Security and Criminal Policy, in which Security Minister Aníbal Fernández was present, and other relatives of missing minors.
At that time, Delgado had explained that “the people close to that girl presented the documentation on her origin. We had requested a DNA test but they did not consider it necessary”, on the decision of the Investigating Court 2 of the city of Río Grande. He now he insisted that there are indications that it could be his daughter.
He had also said that Justice still hasn’t found Jose Dagoberto Diaz Aguilarwho is nicknamed “Scary the Virgin”, a man of Chilean nationality and nomadic customs, who wanders through rural areas of Argentina and Chile, and about whom there are suspicions that he could have taken Sofia.
Justice came to the accusation of Díaz Aguilar due to the testimony given by a non-commissioned officer of the provincial police who participated in the first tasks of searching for the girl, and due to the description provided by one of the boys who was in the place where Sofia disappeared. “She has had a whereabouts request for years but there is no news about her finding either. They don’t find it in Argentina or Chile,” Delgado lamented.
The case of Sofía Herrera, disappeared 14 years ago in Tierra del Fuego
The day of his disappearance, the September 28, 2008, the Herrera family went out with friends to spend a Sunday of recreation at the John Goodall campground, located 59 kilometers south of Río Grande. María Elena, her husband Fabián and Sofía stopped at a supermarket to shop and then at a gas station, where they met Noemí Ramírez and Silvio Giménez, who were accompanied by their 2 and 9-year-old children.
The group arrived at the campsite located at kilometer 2893 of National Route 3, in two cars that were parked near the road. The place, an almost deserted area, is a 15-hectare rectangle fenced with a meter-high six-strand wire, the first of which is barbed. While they were in that place, Sofia separated for a few moments from her parents and since then no one has seen her again.
Sofia’s case became an icon, which led to the development of an emergency protocol for similar situations (called Sofia Alert) and led the national authorities to set up a telephone line to collect data (08002227634), in addition to the website www.sofiaherrera.com.ar.