Overview
- Mujica spoke publicly less than a week after her son's death, giving an emotional interview that aired on La Mesa Caliente on Thursday, July 23 to explain recent events.
- She confirmed reporting that Mauro died of pneumonia while traveling in Barbados and said she learned of the loss while at an airport in Panama.
- Mujica said she accepted the interview with journalist Verónica Bastos because of their friendship and her desire to “tell things as they are” to counter false rumors.
- In the interview she described being devastated and unable to comprehend the loss, and she framed the conversation as a way to offer strength to other grieving parents.
- The broadcast clears up key factual details and is expected to shape how media and the public discuss the case, with additional clips and excerpts to appear on Telemundo’s digital channels.