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13 YEAR OLD GIRL LOST HER RIGHTS TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION
How could a 13 year old lose her rights to the Hague Convention? Born an American citizen and residing in El Salvadore for 2 years with her Mother (the only source of Love and Nurturing ) and Father ( who still remains cold and distant ) and sister and brother who left El Salvadore with the Mother to seek Safety from the Fathers unhealthy lifestyle of domestic violence / sexual violence.
Subject: Gabby Buitrago, 13, lost her Rights in Hague Convention Trial
> To: buitrago8 [at] msn.com
> From: buitrago8 [at] msn.com
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:27:28 -0400
>
> Thank you for using The Fresno Bee Mail System
>
> Message sent to the following recipients:
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> Message text follows:
>
> Lisa buitrago
> 9760 Heatherhearst Dr
> Chowchilla, CA 93610-8024
>
>
> May 10, 2008
>
> [recipient address was inserted here]
>
>
> Dear [recipient name was inserted here],
>
> An American woman living in El Salvador with her 3 American children fled
> El Salvador last year with the help and support of her American friends.
> She had resided there with her Salvadorean husband for a requirement of a
> 2 year stay for her husbands j1visa. In the course of the temporary visit
> she was stunned to learn that her husband had orchestrated a plan to run
> up there credit and default on there home while he was still residing
> without her in California. She was trapped in a foreign country and would
> either have to abandoned her children or flee with them and be pegged as
> an abductor. She had a small amount of money but her funds were depleted
> to a degree and a power of attorney that was signed in California to
> originally buy a home for the purpose of residing in El Salvador was
> beginning to be used to transfer all of the families combined assets that
> came from California into her husbands name only. The husband was cruel
> and cold to her seldom speaking with her and never promoting a emotionally
> healthy environment. She was at his mercey of when he would give her money
> for food and clothing for the children. He was an intelligent person who
> purpose was to use her American status and hard work during the course of
> their ten year marriage to eventually rob her financially. She had been
> conned into marriage with him for the purpose of his immigration status
> and he deprived her of receiving the full emotonal benefits of a loving
> marriage. She wanted children badly and was impregnated before the coulple
> was married. Gabriella Buitrago was born in California in August of 1994.
> The couple had 2 more children during there turmolterous relationship
> which was clearly serpentitious on the part of the husband in his abuse to
> her. She had a nervous breakdown from the effects of his cruelty towards
> her and was delicate due to some abuse that she had experienced growing up
> as a child. She was clearly fragile emotionally and her husband used that
> sensitive information to induce his corporal punishment on her. She was
> always ridiculed and a wound that she had never was given an opportunity
> to heal because her spouce never cease to let her forget it. Over the next
> several years this woman improved herself professionally and became a
> Christian. She would bring up her Children in a Christian environment and
> felt a duty and reponsibility to lead byexample. She became a successful
> realtor and involved herself in the community. When the US department of
> justice told her husband to return after 10 years of trying to waive it.
> They returned to the country of El Salvador. The American Children had
> been raised in a environment of Christianity and attended schools that
> were faith based. While in El Salvador, the children did o.k but their
> mother continued to struggle to maintain a sense of normalcey even though
> their father was self absorb and self centered. The problem came when the
> mother saw the neglect of he father when it came to the childrens medical
> needs. He had always deprived the family of emotional love but it became
> increasingly obvious that his self absorbtion would prove potentionally
> dangerous to the children. The father is a Narcissist and had projected
> his feelings onto the mother for years. The children were exhibiting
> inappropriate aggresive behaviors and the mother watched horrifically as
> her husband projected suicidal ideation on her daughter Gabriella
> Buitrago. A person who is used to being abused can survive but when the
> same effects come from watching the tearing down of ones self esteem to a
> child. Every Mother is Forced by Good Concience to do the right thing NO
> MATTER WHAT THE COST!!!!! Lisa Buitrago went to the U.S. Embassy and told
> them she and her children were in an abusive situation. What constitutes
> abuse. Well if you are not beaten the court does not consider being
> trapped in a foreign country with no access to money and being abondoned
> and made to fend for oneself ABUSE. The court does not consider using a
> power of attorney to rob you or your children of their rightful assets as
> abuse. A Hague trial was brought up against the mother for wrongfully
> removing her American children from El Salvador so that she could
> excercise her parrental rights with repect to medically treating her
> children were they have certain inalienable rights here in the United
> States. Lisa Buitrago hired a attorney but unfortunately he was not as
> adept in international law. She had no financial resources to fight for
> her American Children. She really sought political assyllum for herself
> and her American Children. Under the Aspects of A hague Convention, it is
> about jursidiction...Well how could lisa and her children be protected
> from losing their human rights if she didn't return to her home country.
> Wednesday May 7 was the trial. In Gabriella Buitrago's declaration she
> told the court that she would die if she was returned to that country. The
> children had seen 5 dead bodies and witnessed a murder. May 6, Gabriella
> suffered a severe panick attack which inabled the child to attend her
> Christian School. She was taken to the doctor and he prescribed
> anti-depressants. The children were stabalized from the harsh environment
> that they had exerienced as a result of living overseas. The Community of
> Chowchilla protected them and nutured them with Godly influence and love.
> The children were worshipping regularly at Cornerstone Church and their
> spiritual lives were flourishing. Gabby was excited to go to Wednesday
> night youth group and all three children were on the honor roll at
> Crossroads Christian. The children would be returning for the fall year as
> well. At the trial, a expert witness evaluated conversations between Gabby
> and her father and came to the conclusion that she had been coached and
> her thoughts were imposed upon her by her mother. The man never
> interviewed the children and never met them. He pursauded the judge to
> believe that Gabby was an immature 13 year old even though she went to a
> strong academic school all her life. Gabriella was not permitted to take
> the stand nor was she offered a advocate on her behalf. Truly ahe has been
> wronged by our system. The father of this child paid 5000 for an expert
> witness to hide her voice....to not let her be heard. He knew that Gabby
> had a lot of incriminating evidence against him and Now she is in his
> hands as of Thursday morning as the children seemed like they had been
> hi-jacked backed to the country of El Salvador using/with their U.S.
> passports. Gabby wants God to take her life Now, She says their is no food
> in this seemingly beautiful mansion....The court does not consider using a
> power of attorney to rob you or your children of their rightful assets as
> abuse. A Hague trial was brought up against the mother for wrongfully
> removing her American children from El Salvador so that she could
> excercise her parrental rights with repect to medically treating her
> children were they have certain inalienable rights here in the United
> States. Lisa Buitrago hired a attorney but unfortunately he was not as
> adept in international law. She had no financial resources to fight for
> her American Children. She really sought political assyllum for herself
> and her American Children. Under the Aspects of A hague Convention, it is
> about jursidiction...Well how could lisa and her children be protected
> from losing their human rights if she didn't return to her home country.
> Wednesday May 7 was the trial. In Gabriella Buitrago's declaration she
> told the court that she would die if she was returned to that country. The
> children had seen 5 dead bodies and witnessed a murder. May 6, Gabriella
> suffered a severe panick attack which inabled the child to attend her
> Christian School. The children were stabalized from the harsh environment
> that they had exerienced as a result of living overseas. The Community of
> Chowchilla protected them and nutured them with Godly influence and love.
> On May 7, Gabby lost her voice. Before the trial Gabby wrote a declaration
> to the effect that she would die if forced to return to the country of El
> salvador. The children had witnessed a murder and five dead bodies. El
> salvador is one of the highest crime countries in the world. Gabby's
> father paid an expert witness 5000 to silence Gabby's testimony. The
> expert psychologist persuaded the judge to not allow the child to take the
> stand. She had much to say over the course of living conditions and how
> she would die if made to return to a country she didn't want to be in.
> Gabby's testimony was strong and the court didn't allow her or the other
> children a voice. The DA's office had already prepared the trip before the
> trial ever started. Gabriella's testimony would had altered the outcome so
> she was silenced. A man who never interviewed her determined her
> intellectual and emotional capacity. Now gabriella and the other 2
> children are back in a seemingly beautiful home(by anybodies) standards
> but with lack of proper food, emotional and spiritual love. Medical care.
> They were returned to a country and a home were they do not feel safe nor
> secure. I need to get them back home. Gabby has asked GOD to take her
> life since her human rights have been taken away. They have been in El
> salvador because after the court order they seemingly hi-jacked using
> their American passports to return to El Salvador.
>
> Where is the justice for Gabriella Buitrago?
> She was never given a voice.
> Her constitutional rights were violated again in her home country as was
> in El salvador...Who protects the children who are smaller than our
> nations foreign policy?
>
> Here is one of many hearts wrenching emails since Thursday.
>
> sent from whosanangel [at] msn.com
> to buitrago8 [at] msn.com
> mom, i just feel like taking a knife an just stabbing myself
> right now.....i have no point of life....im being so rushed. i want god to
> take my life right now...i am trying to be strong...but want to fall on
> the floor. i dont want to eat....i want to die now...
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Lisa buitrago
> 559-903-9979
>
> To: buitrago8 [at] msn.com
> From: buitrago8 [at] msn.com
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:27:28 -0400
>
> Thank you for using The Fresno Bee Mail System
>
> Message sent to the following recipients:
> California Advocate
> Daily Republican
> Fresno Bee
> Hanford Sentinel
> Madera Tribune
> Message text follows:
>
> Lisa buitrago
> 9760 Heatherhearst Dr
> Chowchilla, CA 93610-8024
>
>
> May 10, 2008
>
> [recipient address was inserted here]
>
>
> Dear [recipient name was inserted here],
>
> An American woman living in El Salvador with her 3 American children fled
> El Salvador last year with the help and support of her American friends.
> She had resided there with her Salvadorean husband for a requirement of a
> 2 year stay for her husbands j1visa. In the course of the temporary visit
> she was stunned to learn that her husband had orchestrated a plan to run
> up there credit and default on there home while he was still residing
> without her in California. She was trapped in a foreign country and would
> either have to abandoned her children or flee with them and be pegged as
> an abductor. She had a small amount of money but her funds were depleted
> to a degree and a power of attorney that was signed in California to
> originally buy a home for the purpose of residing in El Salvador was
> beginning to be used to transfer all of the families combined assets that
> came from California into her husbands name only. The husband was cruel
> and cold to her seldom speaking with her and never promoting a emotionally
> healthy environment. She was at his mercey of when he would give her money
> for food and clothing for the children. He was an intelligent person who
> purpose was to use her American status and hard work during the course of
> their ten year marriage to eventually rob her financially. She had been
> conned into marriage with him for the purpose of his immigration status
> and he deprived her of receiving the full emotonal benefits of a loving
> marriage. She wanted children badly and was impregnated before the coulple
> was married. Gabriella Buitrago was born in California in August of 1994.
> The couple had 2 more children during there turmolterous relationship
> which was clearly serpentitious on the part of the husband in his abuse to
> her. She had a nervous breakdown from the effects of his cruelty towards
> her and was delicate due to some abuse that she had experienced growing up
> as a child. She was clearly fragile emotionally and her husband used that
> sensitive information to induce his corporal punishment on her. She was
> always ridiculed and a wound that she had never was given an opportunity
> to heal because her spouce never cease to let her forget it. Over the next
> several years this woman improved herself professionally and became a
> Christian. She would bring up her Children in a Christian environment and
> felt a duty and reponsibility to lead byexample. She became a successful
> realtor and involved herself in the community. When the US department of
> justice told her husband to return after 10 years of trying to waive it.
> They returned to the country of El Salvador. The American Children had
> been raised in a environment of Christianity and attended schools that
> were faith based. While in El Salvador, the children did o.k but their
> mother continued to struggle to maintain a sense of normalcey even though
> their father was self absorb and self centered. The problem came when the
> mother saw the neglect of he father when it came to the childrens medical
> needs. He had always deprived the family of emotional love but it became
> increasingly obvious that his self absorbtion would prove potentionally
> dangerous to the children. The father is a Narcissist and had projected
> his feelings onto the mother for years. The children were exhibiting
> inappropriate aggresive behaviors and the mother watched horrifically as
> her husband projected suicidal ideation on her daughter Gabriella
> Buitrago. A person who is used to being abused can survive but when the
> same effects come from watching the tearing down of ones self esteem to a
> child. Every Mother is Forced by Good Concience to do the right thing NO
> MATTER WHAT THE COST!!!!! Lisa Buitrago went to the U.S. Embassy and told
> them she and her children were in an abusive situation. What constitutes
> abuse. Well if you are not beaten the court does not consider being
> trapped in a foreign country with no access to money and being abondoned
> and made to fend for oneself ABUSE. The court does not consider using a
> power of attorney to rob you or your children of their rightful assets as
> abuse. A Hague trial was brought up against the mother for wrongfully
> removing her American children from El Salvador so that she could
> excercise her parrental rights with repect to medically treating her
> children were they have certain inalienable rights here in the United
> States. Lisa Buitrago hired a attorney but unfortunately he was not as
> adept in international law. She had no financial resources to fight for
> her American Children. She really sought political assyllum for herself
> and her American Children. Under the Aspects of A hague Convention, it is
> about jursidiction...Well how could lisa and her children be protected
> from losing their human rights if she didn't return to her home country.
> Wednesday May 7 was the trial. In Gabriella Buitrago's declaration she
> told the court that she would die if she was returned to that country. The
> children had seen 5 dead bodies and witnessed a murder. May 6, Gabriella
> suffered a severe panick attack which inabled the child to attend her
> Christian School. She was taken to the doctor and he prescribed
> anti-depressants. The children were stabalized from the harsh environment
> that they had exerienced as a result of living overseas. The Community of
> Chowchilla protected them and nutured them with Godly influence and love.
> The children were worshipping regularly at Cornerstone Church and their
> spiritual lives were flourishing. Gabby was excited to go to Wednesday
> night youth group and all three children were on the honor roll at
> Crossroads Christian. The children would be returning for the fall year as
> well. At the trial, a expert witness evaluated conversations between Gabby
> and her father and came to the conclusion that she had been coached and
> her thoughts were imposed upon her by her mother. The man never
> interviewed the children and never met them. He pursauded the judge to
> believe that Gabby was an immature 13 year old even though she went to a
> strong academic school all her life. Gabriella was not permitted to take
> the stand nor was she offered a advocate on her behalf. Truly ahe has been
> wronged by our system. The father of this child paid 5000 for an expert
> witness to hide her voice....to not let her be heard. He knew that Gabby
> had a lot of incriminating evidence against him and Now she is in his
> hands as of Thursday morning as the children seemed like they had been
> hi-jacked backed to the country of El Salvador using/with their U.S.
> passports. Gabby wants God to take her life Now, She says their is no food
> in this seemingly beautiful mansion....The court does not consider using a
> power of attorney to rob you or your children of their rightful assets as
> abuse. A Hague trial was brought up against the mother for wrongfully
> removing her American children from El Salvador so that she could
> excercise her parrental rights with repect to medically treating her
> children were they have certain inalienable rights here in the United
> States. Lisa Buitrago hired a attorney but unfortunately he was not as
> adept in international law. She had no financial resources to fight for
> her American Children. She really sought political assyllum for herself
> and her American Children. Under the Aspects of A hague Convention, it is
> about jursidiction...Well how could lisa and her children be protected
> from losing their human rights if she didn't return to her home country.
> Wednesday May 7 was the trial. In Gabriella Buitrago's declaration she
> told the court that she would die if she was returned to that country. The
> children had seen 5 dead bodies and witnessed a murder. May 6, Gabriella
> suffered a severe panick attack which inabled the child to attend her
> Christian School. The children were stabalized from the harsh environment
> that they had exerienced as a result of living overseas. The Community of
> Chowchilla protected them and nutured them with Godly influence and love.
> On May 7, Gabby lost her voice. Before the trial Gabby wrote a declaration
> to the effect that she would die if forced to return to the country of El
> salvador. The children had witnessed a murder and five dead bodies. El
> salvador is one of the highest crime countries in the world. Gabby's
> father paid an expert witness 5000 to silence Gabby's testimony. The
> expert psychologist persuaded the judge to not allow the child to take the
> stand. She had much to say over the course of living conditions and how
> she would die if made to return to a country she didn't want to be in.
> Gabby's testimony was strong and the court didn't allow her or the other
> children a voice. The DA's office had already prepared the trip before the
> trial ever started. Gabriella's testimony would had altered the outcome so
> she was silenced. A man who never interviewed her determined her
> intellectual and emotional capacity. Now gabriella and the other 2
> children are back in a seemingly beautiful home(by anybodies) standards
> but with lack of proper food, emotional and spiritual love. Medical care.
> They were returned to a country and a home were they do not feel safe nor
> secure. I need to get them back home. Gabby has asked GOD to take her
> life since her human rights have been taken away. They have been in El
> salvador because after the court order they seemingly hi-jacked using
> their American passports to return to El Salvador.
>
> Where is the justice for Gabriella Buitrago?
> She was never given a voice.
> Her constitutional rights were violated again in her home country as was
> in El salvador...Who protects the children who are smaller than our
> nations foreign policy?
>
> Here is one of many hearts wrenching emails since Thursday.
>
> sent from whosanangel [at] msn.com
> to buitrago8 [at] msn.com
> mom, i just feel like taking a knife an just stabbing myself
> right now.....i have no point of life....im being so rushed. i want god to
> take my life right now...i am trying to be strong...but want to fall on
> the floor. i dont want to eat....i want to die now...
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Lisa buitrago
> 559-903-9979
>
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