She flies to Peru to find her missing son

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Alisa Clamen and Jesse Galganov

Antoine Lacroix

Tuesday, 17 October 2017 15:08

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Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:19

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The mother of a Montreal 22-year-old missing for almost three weeks in Peru has no idea what happened to his son. She is depart, Tuesday, to Lima in the hope of retrieving it.

“I’ll go in there to find out what happened, to find my son and bring him back to the house. There was no other option for me, ” said in a tone determined Alisa Clamen.

The last sign of life from his son Jesse Galganov dates back to 28 September. He had then warned Ms. Clamen that it would not be contactable for a few days because it would make a hiking fifty kilometres in the mountains in the trail of Santa Cruz. Since then, no news.

“It was supposed to take about four days, until 2 October, but it was not impossible that it would take more time. He had the material to leave at least 10 days, but the more time wore on, I was starting to worry me, ” says the mother in distress.

According to her, Jesse Galganov is not the type to take risks unnecessarily. He had just come from, on the 24th of September, for a trip of eight months in South America and South-East Asia

“He is very intelligent, it would not do anything stupid. It is a responsible child who only wanted to explore the world. This is not the first time he is traveling alone “, she argues.

“But he was the type to help everyone. It would have been the first to want to help someone who seems in distress, ” adds Ms. Clamen.

Bus to Lima

She claimed that she had confirmation that her son had taken a bus from Lima to the small city of Huaraz, a journey of about 400 km, but has no idea of what could happen after. It is not known if he was alone or accompanied at the time of making the hike.

“My goal is to go down there to pick it up and gather as many people as possible to try to find it and assure me that it is a priority. I can’t allow myself to think about my emotions, I can only think of my son, ” she said, trying to hide his concern.

Authorities

The father of Montreal, Todd Galganov, has indicated by email that he too, was en route to Peru to find his son.

The mother reported the disappearance to the police of Montreal and specified that the peruvian authorities, canadian and american are a “great help” to carry out the research. She adds that unfortunately, the police had no track on Tuesday, on the place where he could find it.

“Consular officials canadians are in communication with the local authorities in Peru, and they make the connection with the family of this person in Canada “, stated by e-mail to the Newspaper Brianne Maxwell, a spokesman for world Affairs Canada.