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In the United States,
It is not common to travel to study.

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However, my mother suggested the following:
“You can go to Spain.”

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I was a young man of eighteen years old.

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It was kind of an adventure.

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The truth is, I don't know exactly when...

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Everything turned upside down.

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I arrived in Spain and I was the youngest
Within the exchange program.

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They were American college students
Who went to study in Spain.

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I went to study in Seville.

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- Seville.
- Seville.

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Once we arrived in Spain, we said:
"Let's go on a trip."

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Welcome!

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We were nominated by Discover Excursions.

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We felt like adults for the first time.

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Something very bad happened. It is indescribable.

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She called me hysterical and crying.

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What the hell happened?

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This has been happening for years.

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In the end, there will be about 50 people.

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I thought to myself, “This is intense.”

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The devil was in your room.

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Seville predator

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Episode one: The journey

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My name is Gabriel Vega. I am 30 years old.

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I am the eldest of three sisters.

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I grew up in a normal American neighborhood.

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He's always on the street, on a bike.

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It was a very beautiful childhood.

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I'm a little horse, mama.

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My father is the son of immigrants.

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My mother is from New Jersey.

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My family has no Spanish ancestry.

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But my husband's family owns it.

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His grandparents were from Asturias.

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My parents liked the idea
I will return to Spain

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And reconnect
With family assets.

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That's it.

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The night before I left,
I was packing my bag

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Completely alone, and...

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I'm emotional.

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I started writing letters.

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I think that's the only message
Who never wrote to me.

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She was very sensitive.

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She was excited, not afraid.

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So it was something...

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Their farewell was a happy moment.

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I think my father...
It's not that he regrets anything;

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But he would have loved it
They taught us the Spanish language since childhood.

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Research the place where it was taught
Authentic Spanish language

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And he said to me, “Oh, well, in Salamanca.”

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That's why I ended up there.

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I don't know, I felt like the world was opening up to me.

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And I was ready.
To make the most of it.

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I knew nothing about Salamanca.

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She is very beautiful,
And you learn those little things that...

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You meet your friends
Under the clock in the square.

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It is the meeting point.

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You set the time, meet there, and so on.

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I didn't know how to drink and I wasn't familiar with the customs and traditions.

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She was alone for the first time.
He didn't speak the language.

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Everything was new.

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However, I remember feeling it there.

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I felt like my life had color for the first time.

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I liked it very much.

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I tried to make it a completely immersive experience.

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My classmates were 21, 22 and 23 years old.

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We started thinking about trips,
Because Europe is full of people.

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“We could go to France and something like that,” I suggested.
“O a moruecos, para ver África” (Go to Morocco to see Africa).

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They said to me: “Africa? I don’t know.”

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But go ahead, I'm sure you'll love it.

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I've always wanted to take that trip,

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Because everything is so different.

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In my group,
Everyone knew about Discover Cruises.

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Office in Seville

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I knew they were traveling to Morocco
Many people have already left.

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Are you looking for a trip?

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Join us on journeys of discovery

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Ride a camel.

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Try delicious dishes.

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Enjoy the sunny days

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Trust us.

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Don't just travel, discover.

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The agency is specially designed
For us.

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For example: “Do you want to go to Morocco?”
This is the perfect agency.

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The marketing campaign was perfect.
There were pictures of all of us.

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Of American children.

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Anyway, it was...
The agency was a legitimate company.

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Welcome!

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We welcome you from Monday to Friday
From ten in the morning until eight in the evening. No nap.

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Yes, he was very professional.
Prices were reasonable.

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Moreover, one can breathe...

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Fun and youthful atmosphere.

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The guides were young.

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Some of my classmates and I decided to go together.

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It was an organized trip.
With dates, itinerary, and...

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The group will consist of 200 people.
It was a big group of kids.

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Two buses or something like that. We were many.

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I remember him telling us
He was going to Morocco.

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We said, "This is great."

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I know he was very much looking forward to it.

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The issue is that we went to Morocco

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We traveled through the north of the country.

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Yes!

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Oh, my God!

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I remember being amazed
How beautiful that was.

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There were some amazing mountains.

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The architecture was completely different.

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main directory,
In my opinion, it was Manuel.

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I remember that Manuel

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He was talking to us on the bus.

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He was standing in front of us and telling us

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How wonderful it would be to do this or that.

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He seemed friendly and easy to deal with.
An enthusiastic person.

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He was in his thirties, or late twenties.

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He seemed like a nice guy
That would have taught us

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He was happy to have us there.

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We went to the blue city.

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I've been to the markets, and they were great.

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I remember that made me cringe.
Sellers insistence.

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I was traveling with my friends
We were pleased with that.

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It was a different world
Where all languages were spoken.

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They spoke French, English and Spanish.
That was...it was amazing.

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The smells were very strong,
Not in a bad way, but...

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It was a whole new world.

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I think it was a Saturday.
The last night of the trip.

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Hello cat.

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How beautiful!

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Throughout the entire trip,
They wanted us to feel comfortable.

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And most important of all, safe.

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“Security in Morocco is average.”
You'd better not go out.

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Does the hotel have a bar?

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I was on the roof of the hotel.

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“If you want something to drink, you can come upstairs.”

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You'd better not go out.

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This is not very safe at night
We are a big group.

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They encouraged us to stay at the hotel.

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Ashley, Nicole and I went to the bar.

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The three of us shared one room.

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They were part of an exchange program.

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I remember I was smoking
Smoking a cigarette with them.

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Then Manuel appeared.

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He said to us: “Do you want something else to drink?”

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And we said, "Okay..."

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Suddenly, he presented us with an idea:

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“I'll get some champagne and we'll go.”
To hang out in the room and such.

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"It's my business. Don't worry."

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And we said, "Okay, that's okay."

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I didn't even think about it.
I thought, "Wow, this looks good."

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So, the four
We went to our room.

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He asked them to bring us champagne.

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When he arrived,
He was the one who opened the door.

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We sat on the beds.

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The three girls.

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Y…

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Yes, it's close...

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I think there was a piece of furniture.

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What is a typical piece of furniture placed opposite a bed?

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Leave the champagne there.
We were late, in the bedrooms.

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She offered us drinks while turning her back to us.

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Very naturally.

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We got along well.

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And I remember...

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That weather... it got so bad.

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He started suggesting games and other things to us.

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The man started asking questions like:

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“How many people have you slept with?”

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And so the story began...

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Then he started saying:

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"Shall we exchange shirts?"
“Are we playing the game of honesty or dare?”

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Then he suddenly said: “Do you care?”
“If we feel comfortable...if I feel comfortable?”

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Uncle took off his pants.

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He was left in his underwear
She covered herself with a pillow.

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Oh my god, I didn't... I was like:
"What the hell is this?"

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Then I justified it and thought...

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“It has to be a cultural difference.”

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Maybe this is his nature, different.

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"I don't know."

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I remember starting
To feel tired, very tired.

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There was a cot next to the wardrobe.

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I got up and went there.

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I lay down and slept.

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I don't know how much I slept. I have no idea.

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At some point, I woke up.

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There was no one in the room.

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I felt so bad.

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I've never felt like this before.

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And I haven't felt the same way since.

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It was as if body and mind
They would break up,

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My brain would slow down.

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I was exhausted. I didn't know why.

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when i woke up,
I remember I was leaning against the wall

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I got to the bathroom as best I could,
They drag their feet slowly.

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When I got to the bathroom and opened the door...

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Nicole, Ashley, and Manuel
They were in the bathroom. All three of them.

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They were wearing undershirts and underwear.
He was wearing only his underwear.

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I remember closing...

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And I thought, “What the hell is going on?”

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Then…

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They rushed out of the bathroom,

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Like they feel ashamed or something.

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So I went in and sat on the toilet.

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I was standing in front of the door.

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Y…

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Just a reminder...

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This has been bothering me for years.

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I remember opening the door,

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He brought his penis closer to me.
Then put it in my mouth.

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Then I felt a blow to my head

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And I lost consciousness.

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I woke up in the crib.

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She was dressed.

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My colleagues, Nicole and Ashley,
They were sleeping in their beds.

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The uncle had... The uncle wasn't there.

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He's gone.

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I felt very sharp pain.

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I feel very upset.

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I remember pulling the blanket aside,

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I looked at my legs and I had...

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I was wearing underwear, and I looked at my knees
There were bruises on her knees.

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I still feel bad, everything hurts.

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I wasn't in control of anything, I was walking slowly.

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I remember waking up,

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I went into the bathroom and cleaned myself.

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Wake up my friends

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It's our turn to pack our bags.

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Because we were returning to Spain that morning.

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I remember being so tired.

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I gathered my things,

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I went downstairs with my luggage

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And I sat on the couch
When we were about to leave.

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I remember I was resting my head,

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I closed my eyes...

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And I remembered...

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The door that opened
He put his penis in my mouth.

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I remember feeling like I was going to throw up.

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I relived it all.
In a very terrifying visual way.

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Then I knew what happened.

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The most surprising thing of all is that...

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I couldn't let myself fall.

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I couldn't break down.

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I was in another country.

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I had to get over it.

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“Come on, get on the bus,” I said to myself.

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"No problem."

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Manuel was at the bus door
When we went to Salamanca.

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I passed by him
He didn't look at me directly.

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As if...

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As if I were invisible,
This is almost better.

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But I didn't cry, no...

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I didn't do anything. I didn't react.

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I was completely isolated in my own world,

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As if no one was driving the car.

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Seven months later

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I think I returned to the US in May 2014.

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I remember crying on the plane.

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At that time,
I couldn't accept what happened to me.

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when he came back,

258
00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:49,920
It wasn't her.

259
00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,999
It wasn't normal to see her so far away.

260
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,079
We would say to him: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

261
00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,279
He would reply, "I don't want to be here."

262
00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,839
I don't want to be here, I don't want...

263
00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,440
I can't adapt to life in the United States.

264
00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:07,839
I remember I was investigating.

265
00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,960
It was popular among young people
That they were going to study abroad.

266
00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,200
It's called post-travel depression.

267
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,119
If they come back and you notice them acting strange,

268
00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:19,039
Just for your information, this is normal.

269
00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,320
This is what she kept repeating to us.

270
00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,079
My biggest fear was going to my parents

271
00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,720
To tell him that, because he had a lot to say...

272
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,240
Mucho…

273
00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,080
I didn't want them to know that...

274
00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,480
I am his firstborn daughter.

275
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,400
I don't know anyone
That he suffered something like this.

276
00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,879
I didn't want them to think
Who failed as parents

277
00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:58,320
Because you allowed it to happen.

278
00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,919
He spent a whole month without leaving the house.

279
00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,799
It's time to start college,

280
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,480
Which was a seven-hour drive away.

281
00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:17,440
Gabrielle showed no enthusiasm.
zero. He wasn't enthusiastic about it.

282
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,640
She was suffering from severe depression.

283
00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,199
I have never suffered from depression like this before.

284
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,079
Y…

285
00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,439
It's been... my whole life is a struggle.

286
00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,080
Everything he did took effort.

287
00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:44,439
I started having suicidal thoughts,

288
00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,360
Intrusive thoughts
About suicide.

289
00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,519
“Tell your parents,” I thought.

290
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,760
"You need to tell them what's going on, Gabe."

291
00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,360
I was in the park. It was a Saturday.

292
00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,800
beautiful day. Gabrielle called me.

293
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,319
“I'm going home,” he told me.

294
00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,279
I asked him: "Why? What's wrong?"

295
00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,079
“Well, I was raped,” I told him.

296
00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,320
I was raped when I went to Spain
And I need to go home.

297
00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:25,960
Y…

298
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,240
After that, the memories become blurry.

299
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,040
I didn't say to him: "What happened to you?"
I told him: "Come here."

300
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,839
I spent two and a half years
Without telling my family.

301
00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,160
They thought I was suffering from depression.

302
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,079
I didn't know.

303
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,279
“I am his mother,” she thought.
How did I not notice that?

304
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,319
Even my mother-in-law found it,

305
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,679
He asked me: "Do you think something happened to him?"

306
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,039
“I think something happened to him in Spain.”

307
00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,279
I replied:
"Nothing happened to him. This is normal."

308
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:05,079
Now I think about it and say to myself:
"I can't..." She knew that.

309
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,360
He noticed the change in Gabriel.

310
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,440
My parents opened the door...

311
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:23,359
They hugged me
That was the starting point.

312
00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,599
I was desperate.

313
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,399
This was exactly what I needed.

314
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,319
I needed my family.

315
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,920
I had to admit that I was...

316
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,359
Suppress everything...

317
00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:39,320
I had to face what happened.
To tell it and share this burden.

318
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,120
Yes.

319
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,039
I asked him: "Do you know who he was?"
He said: “Yes, the tour guide for the trip.”

320
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,760
Travel agency owner.

321
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,079
I understood what she was feeling.

322
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,599
I didn't want to say it out loud

323
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,119
Don't tell us the details.

324
00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:07,080
I just wanted to feel safe at home.
And be with us.

325
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,439
They suggested I call the police,
But I refused:

326
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:16,840
"No, I don't want to call the police."
I don't want to talk about it anymore.

327
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:25,400
It's time to recover and heal.

328
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,720
Yes, it was difficult. It was difficult.

329
00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,480
Hard time.

330
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:45,560
Two years later

331
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,440
January 25, 2018

332
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,719
I am an artist and graphic designer.

333
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:03,639
{\an8}A 2018,
I was in my final year of university

334
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,520
At Florida State University,
Tallahassee.

335
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,159
The worst moment of my life

336
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,519
The saddest moment of my life

337
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,640
I remember coming out crying.

338
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:23,919
I was working on a project,

339
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:29,079
Facility
about people's experiences,

340
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,599
Their best and worst moments.

341
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,439
The work was based on the idea

342
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,679
That those experiences
It shapes our personality.

343
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,800
It felt like the world stopped.

344
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,279
I was completely lost.

345
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:52,399
Posted on Facebook and Instagram,
On social media in general,

346
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,919
We are looking for people to interview
And send the recordings to me.

347
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,599
I interview people
To study their memories

348
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:00,799
It's very easy!

349
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:06,199
Gabrielle was one of the people
Who answered me?

350
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:11,639
Send me a recorded message
About the best and worst day of their lives.

351
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,959
January 25, 2018

352
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,439
{\an8}Here he goes.

353
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,839
When I heard what he said
As for her worst day, I was left...

354
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,960
That seemed very familiar to me.

355
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:28,040
{\an8} I'm Gabrielle.

356
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,600
Is this the saddest moment of my life?

357
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,759
I was alone in Morocco.

358
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,359
Well, not alone, but with two friends.

359
00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:42,640
Y…

360
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:45,959
We went on a trip.

361
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,800
The guide drugged me

362
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,600
Anyway, it was very complicated.

363
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,040
And after that day,

364
00:25:58,360 --> 00:25:59,920
todo…

365
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:01,719
It was different.

366
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,800
I stopped being a child.

367
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:10,079
The company name was not mentioned
He did not say Manu's name.

368
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,039
But I had a feeling about it.

369
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,920
This is what he did
To contact her.

370
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,119
Thank you very much for everything!

371
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,399
Thank you very much.

372
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,159
I'm sorry about Morocco.

373
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,959
He sent me a message and said:
“Thank you for sending this to me.”

374
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,319
Thank you very much.

375
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,119
I'm sorry to hear what happened to you.

376
00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:36,559
I asked if the company
The person you traveled with

377
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,960
Expeditions of the {\an8}era Discover type.

378
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,679
He told me yes.

379
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:46,520
He asked me if he was the person
The person I was talking about is Manu.

380
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:49,000
I told him yes.

381
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:56,919
There I had a panic attack.
I have completely lost my mind.

382
00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:01,040
I knew that someone else
Something very similar happened to him.

383
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:09,800
I went to study in Spain in 2017.

384
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:22,120
My older sister
Discover Excursions recommended us.

385
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,279
We wanted to take a trip to Morocco.

386
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,639
Book now!

387
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,279
Do you want to believe?

388
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,039
That your mentors care about you

389
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,000
When you leave the country with them.

390
00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:37,679
Oh, my God!

391
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:38,599
Which?

392
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,480
I remember that...

393
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,639
On those trips there was a night

394
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,000
Where they were organizing a party.

395
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,920
That was the night that...

396
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,640
He assaulted another traveler.

397
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,560
His attitude towards her was very strange.

398
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,360
No Digaba…

399
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,919
Peace be upon Catherine.

400
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,320
I thought I was following her

401
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,440
He was present at all times
Around, I talk to her.

402
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,880
I said to Liz:
“Can you hook me up with it?”

403
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,479
Yes.

404
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,240
Catherine
Message - Add a contact

405
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,199
I reached out to that girl.

406
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,719
“Yes, Manuel threw me on the bed,” he told me.

407
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,879
And he tried to get on top of my body.
I was very afraid.

408
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:51,119
However, they say something even worse.

409
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,680
It happened to two girls
On another trip with Discover Excursions.

410
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,479
I asked him, "Can you give me his contact information?"

411
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,960
"I need to find them and talk to them."

412
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:03,680
So...

413
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,600
I reached out to Hayley and Carly.

414
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:18,919
May 28, 2017

415
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,960
What they told me is that...

416
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,559
He trapped them both in a room,

417
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,880
in portugal,
During an expedition.

418
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,039
Carly's voice

419
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:35,280
He kept insisting that we drink.

420
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,279
{\an8} He wanted to play the game of frankness or dare.

421
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,519
{\an8} That we will kiss him and dance for him.

422
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,799
He grabbed one of them by the waist
And he wouldn't leave her.

423
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,200
He tried to force her to touch him.

424
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:54,360
He said: “One of them touches me and the other kisses me.”

425
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,279
He told us we couldn't leave

426
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,199
Because we couldn't leave it

427
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,959
They were afraid. They were very afraid.

428
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:07,239
Hayley managed to evade him.

429
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,519
{\an8} When Hayley told him

430
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,959
{\an8} replied that he could not,

431
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,599
{\an8} Because someone had to finish the job.

432
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,919
He had to go out into the hall,
Open the door and say:

433
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:23,199
“You either get out of here immediately.”
Or we'll tell you what to do.

434
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,799
{\an8} He left me.

435
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,359
The next day, he was gone.

436
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,399
Other evidence

437
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,560
{\an8} He said it was

438
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,160
When I encountered these three women,

439
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,640
My way of seeing things
Everything has changed completely.

440
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,199
She called me hysterical and crying.

441
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,679
“He does it with other girls!”

442
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,480
I said, "What are you talking about?"

443
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:06,879
I was driving my car back home,
I'm talking on the phone with my mother,

444
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,720
I knew immediately what he was up to.

445
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:15,160
As soon as I got home,
I started posting on Facebook.

446
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,559
Hello, I hope you are well.

447
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,279
“My rapist is still raping me.”

448
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,959
If anyone travels to Spain, they should know

449
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:29,399
That's Manuel Blanco Vela
Discover attacks on women on expeditions.

450
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,119
Please share.

451
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:32,039


452
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,199
I started writing non-stop.

453
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,199
The issue got worse

454
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,520
When I started repeating the message.

455
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,959
{\an8}"Hey, long time no see!"

456
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,559
My rapist is still raping me.
Will you share my post?

457
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,240
This is crazy.

458
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,919
I sent it to about 200 people.

459
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,280
Direct messages on Facebook, non-stop.

460
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,439
My father had acquaintances in Miami.

461
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,560
With the Consul General
From the Spanish Embassy.

462
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:16,119
I went to the embassy and explained what was happening.
And I said there are other women like me.

463
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,280
I remember the consul was very nice.

464
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,079
He wanted to help me, but he had doubts.

465
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,199
He told me: “This is better
You don't resort to the press.

466
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,679
Don't talk to anyone about it.

467
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,959
Why didn't I want to?
Are we talking to the press?

468
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,440
It was bad publicity for the country.

469
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,360
Upon hearing that, I said:
"That's exactly what I'll do."

470
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:49,240
New York
April 11, 2018

471
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,919
Back to the dressing room,
I started to feel very nervous.

472
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,639
I'm completely lost, you know?

473
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,839
One minute!
One minute, girls.

474
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,440
Let's go, great show.

475
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,080
I remember standing backstage.

476
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,560
Then she burst into tears.

477
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:28,200
- The third camera...
- Four, three, two, one.

478
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,399
We are broadcasting live.

479
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,439
I started to collapse.
The announcer told me:

480
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,119
{\an8}"You're doing the right thing by coming here."

481
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,919
This will help you
And you will eliminate him.

482
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,679
{\an8}I left out:

483
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,239
“If Megyn Kelly says that, to hell with it.”

484
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:44,879
I have to do it.

485
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:49,319
She went out to the set and I followed her.

486
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,199
I remember just looking at her.

487
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,399
He asked me a question

488
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,440
I don't remember a single word.

489
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,479
Apparently, things went well.

490
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:07,319
My husband and I waited in the dressing room
We are very proud of her.

491
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:13,160
I think that at that time,
We knew it was going to be a big event.

492
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,240
Super…

493
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,999
It was like entering uncharted territory.

494
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,800
I didn't know...

495
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:24,999
I was...

496
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,800
I couldn't imagine what the impact would be.

497
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,919
When the series aired,

498
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,040
A lot of people started messaging me.

499
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,000
My mobile phone started emitting smoke.

500
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,879
I saw that and thought to myself, “This is intense!”

501
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,920
They did not mention his name,
But I said: "It's Manu."

502
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,760
After hearing Gabriel's story,
My heart sank.

503
00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:11,959
This has never happened in my life
I would have thought it was Manu.

504
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,280
I saw everything very clearly.

505
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,120
But I also saw...

506
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,640
{\an8}The enormous danger you faced.

507
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,679
When I found out about Gabrielle, I knew

508
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,399
{\an8}That uncle was a serial predator

509
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,159
{\an8}And he was the one who committed those attacks.

510
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,879
I knew what happened to me

511
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:39,439
This continued to happen to others years later.

512
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,359
This has been going on for years.

513
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:45,079
I used to tell my parents:
“There's a girl from Rhode Island.”

514
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,319
There's a girl from Virginia.

515
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:51,119
{\an8}There are two girls from Florida.
Three girls. One of them is in New York.

516
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,800
{\an8}I kept finding people
My parents said, "Oh my God, this is intense."

517
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:05,160
Seville
Spain

518
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:15,680
This is part of history
I told Gabrielle this via letter.

519
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,560
One day…

520
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,120
I think it was at the beginning of April.

521
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:27,520
I reached the office and Manu was not there.

522
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,159
My job was to review...

523
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,479
There were different groups on Facebook
Of students abroad.

524
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,279
I had to go one by one,

525
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,839
Send them a message
From your Discover Excursions account

526
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,960
And say to them: “Come to Morocco,
I will send you a discount code.

527
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,720
suddenly,
I saw him walking around with his mobile phone.

528
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,519
He came in and came for me, as always:

529
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,599
"Aubrey, let's eat."

530
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:06,999
"I have to tell you what's going on."

531
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,120
I said, “Okay.”

532
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,680
We went to eat.

533
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,359
He felt this and asked, as usual.

534
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,879
He was always asking us for food.

535
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:22,799
She went out into the street and didn't stop.
From messing with your phone.

536
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,600
He looked a little upset.

537
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:33,399
Finally he came in and sat down.
But I couldn't eat anything.

538
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,839
He tried to explain to me:

539
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,199
There are some girls

540
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,239
Who want to tarnish my reputation,

541
00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:46,839
He hurts me and takes my money.

542
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,879
I don't know why they act like this.

543
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:53,199
It's terrible. Oh my poor family.

544
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,279
This will ruin my reputation.

545
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,160
"Just wait until mom finds out."

546
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,520
I thought to myself, “Oh my God, yes, this is intense.”

547
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,799
Try turning it over.

548
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,040
{\an8}He tried to play the victim.

549
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:10,760
{\an8}Y…

550
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:15,280
I went back to the office and he left.

551
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,800
I knew it was The Today Show.
So I started watching it.

552
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:26,280
I realized how dangerous it was.

553
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,519
I left.

554
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:35,760
I think the office closed the next day.

555
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:18,000
{\an8}Journalist Diario de Sevilla

556
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,759
People started sending me stuff.

557
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,999
Someone had to send me

558
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:12,880
Google screenshot {\an8}
With the message “Permanently closed”.

559
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,759
That was very cool.

560
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,080
It was amazing, wonderful, it was something...

561
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:26,560
And I kept saying:
“They cut off your water.”

562
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:32,519
Fuck you and your friends.
To everyone who supported you.

563
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:33,960
That's all.

564
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,120
The same thing happened to me.

565
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,399
Manuel raped me too.

566
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:55,559
Most messages
They arrived that week.

567
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,599
Then they kept arriving.

568
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,079
Some girls told me:

569
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,839
"That man raped my girlfriend,"
But she is afraid to contact you.

570
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,519
You are not alone.

571
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,040
He raped me, but...

572
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,559
"I don't want to talk about it, I don't know what to do."

573
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,719
A large number of people
He called me...

574
00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:18,000
She started telling me everything.

575
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,639
Then,

576
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:25,720
I didn't know
What was I getting myself into?

577
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,280
I remember receiving
Message via Facebook.

578
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,199
20 seconds ago

579
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:33,839
He told me:

580
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,119
"Manuel Blanco Vela killed my daughter."

581
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,079
1 minute ago

582
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,040
Manuel Blanco Vela killed my daughter.