"I was stranded on Chapi"
Vistaprevia / Hugo Mendoza
At times I lost hope but no faith. On May Day, Mother de Chapi, I made the long journey to the shrine that almost became a nightmare. Turns out I went to cover the information about the holiday.
religious manifestations in the sanctuary are immense as the sea, tears and effort are part of the stage.
central Mass proceeded normally, I could be in place conditioning to the press, the security would not allow it, despite the identification. That was the first sign of things to come.
After the Mass, the procession began, I thought it would be the opportunity to be close to Mother. It was the second time he traveled to the shrine, I am a Catholic from the womb of my mother. But when I was less than five meters to touch the Virgin's mantle, another member of security stopped me.
After noon, there was no time for breakfast, it was time to return. Arequipa travel about 20 journalists, only after the festival could join them for a few minutes.
The official vehicle of the Archbishopric of Arequipa it was a few miles of the sanctuary, waited a long walk. It was there that the worst happened since I left in a neglected group of reporters. Not met again, neither they nor the vehicle, even though I searched for more than three hours in the mountains Polobaya burning. The Virgin of Chapi
refused to return. I thought so, but it also protected me because after a few hours I return to Arequipa. No doubt, journalism is sacred.
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