The water advanced relentlessly, while concern grew among those who only ask for respect for their dead. Due to the strong waves, the cemetery fence gave way to the force of the sea. «We need the same protection here before it's too late,» they commented. The community cannot stand by with their arms crossed, watching the sea take away part of their history. Meanwhile, Marcos Ortega, 37, recalled that a similar situation occurred years ago in Palmas Bellas, a district of Chagres, where families were even evacuated and a wall was built to stop the sea's advance. At the end of this week, strong waves entered the cemetery of the Gobea community, located in the Donoso district on the Lower Coast of Colón, damaging the tombs near the shore. The tide respected neither the dead nor the living, leaving scenes that have the community with a heavy heart. Residents and relatives of the deceased went to the cemetery to watch as waves struck the tombs near the shore, fearing that the remains would be exposed. They demand an urgent wall in Gobea. The structure could not withstand the constant impact, and now the cemetery is more vulnerable to any new onslaught of water. Nubia Solís, 49, who has relatives and friends buried there, stated that it is necessary to build a containment wall to prevent the waves from continuing to destroy the area.
