"BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela - Melania Perozo, a rosary around her neck, a portrait of her son, Dario Pastor Estrada, in her hands, walked through the crowd to the statueof the Virgin of La Divina Pastora - Mary, the Divine Shepherdess."
"Standing before the icon, she askedfor a miracle: Her son's release from prison."
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In Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Melania Perozo stood amid a crowd before the statue of the Virgin of La Divina Pastora, wearing a rosary and holding a portrait of her son, Dario Pastor Estrada. She walked through the crowd to the icon and pleaded for a miracle: the release of her son from prison. The statue is venerated as Mary, the Divine Shepherdess. The scene combines public devotion and private anguish, with visible symbols of faith—rosary beads and a photograph—underscoring a parent's desperate hope and appeal for mercy.
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