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UMauricio Martínez Machón uthole ibalazwe elibika ukuthi usengumphathi-dolobha omusha. Waya esihlalweni sombusi womphakathi waseGuadalajara, wamnika induku futhi wafungiswa ngo-April 2, 1972. Kwaba lokho kuphela. “Angizange ngikucele. Bangikhethile futhi kunjalo, angazi kungani. Kwabe sekufika ukhetho futhi bebengivotela”, ubona eValdarachas, idolobhana elicashe phakathi kwezigodi. Njengo-José Luis Seguí, imeya yase-Almudaina (Alicante), uMauricio ugubhe iminyaka yakhe yegolide kulo nyaka enhloko yoMkhandlu Wedolobha. Akekho ofana nabo komasipala baseSpain abangaphezu kuka-8.000.
Lapho ezalwa, izwe laliyi-republic, edolobheni lakubo
amanzi okuphuza ayengekho, izingubo zaziwashwa emfudlaneni futhi izidingo zazisenziwa emasimini. Ngakho babeyikhulu nento engumakhelwane. Namuhla babambe 47. “Babalwa”, eqinisekisa ngesibambiso esitholakala ngokubazi bonke. UMauricio uzohlanganisa iminyaka engu-90 ngoSepthemba futhi useneminyaka eyishumi engumfelokazi. Kubafowabo abayisishiyagalombili, uJuan, Tino, Manolo noPaulino asevele avela. UTomás, uJulio, u-Isabel noCarmen basala. Uhlala namadodakazi akhe amabili, uConcha no-Elena, nabo abamnikeze abazukulu abathathu nomzukulu. U-Antonio, omunye wabashana bakhe, uyisekela lemeya.
Lapho esemncane, ukhumbula ukuthi “wavuka ekuseni kodwa esephilile” ukuze asize uyise enze isinkwa, esasixotshwa ngesandla ngoba yayingekho imishini. Wakhula futhi wazinikela ngomzimba nomphefumulo kwezolimo. Ikhanda lakhe liyasebenza futhi uhamba kahle njengoba umuntu olingana naye angaba nempilo. “Okubi kakhulu ukusuka okhalweni kwehle,” usho kanje. Uhamba ngoswazi (hhayi umyalo) abasamvumeli ukuthi athathe imoto. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ngenxa yokuthi wayengenamuntu owayezomthatha, wasala engazange aye eSigele, ekuhlonipheni izimeya ezingama-22 ezasala ezikhundleni kusukela okhethweni lokuqala lomasipala ngo-1979.
Uhambo oluya kulelikhona laseLa Alcarria luthola usizi lokuqedwa kwabantu. Umgwaqo osuka e-Pozo de Guadalajara uye e-Aranzueque uvaliwe amasonto amaningi futhi ukuze ufike e-Valdarachas kufanele uthathe enye indlela yesigamu sehora. U-Elena, indodakazi kaMauricio, ophethe isitolo sokudla, uyaqinisekisa ukuthi izidingongqangi zehlisiwe. Uma udokotela eya edolobheni kanye ngesonto bese kanye njalo ezinsukwini ezingu-15, nalolu bhubhane akezi ngoba ukubonisana akukhona mathupha. Ibhasi nalo selimile isikhathi eside.
Eduze kweTown Hall, kune-mastodon yebhilidi, ingilazi futhi eshiywe dengwane. Ngolunye usuku oluhle, kwavela “omunye wabathuthukisi bezindlu” (njengoba kukhangiswe kuwebhusayithi yabo) futhi wathembisa ukuthi bazogcwala idolobha ngezindlu zangasese. Impela, yilokhu okwenzeka e-Yebes eseduze, esukile ekubeni nezakhamuzi ezingaphansi kuka-200 yaya kwabangaphezu kuka-4.600 kanye nesiteshi se-AVE. Futhi ekhuphuka. Kodwa-ke, i-bubble yaqhuma ngaphambili futhi i-Valdarachas yahlala njengoba yayinjalo. Kuyo yonke lengxenye yekhulu leminyaka edlule, uMauricio ukwazile ukunweba inethiwekhi yamanzi, ukulungisa imigwaqo, ukuba nezibani ezengeziwe, ukwakha iHholo Ledolobha elisha noma ukuvuselela umbhoshongo wesonto namathuna. Esebenzisana ne-PP, “Anginandaba noma omakhelwane banombala owodwa noma omunye. Wonke umuntu uphathwa ngokulinganayo lapha." Omunye wabo uzoba imeya elandelayo ngoba uMauricio, manje yebo, ngeke ethule ngo-2023.
