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El Ford Mustang azul que le regal\u00f3 su padre a Ofelia Giselle Torres Hidalgo ayud\u00f3 a escoltar el ata\u00fad marfil de la joven de 16 a\u00f1os a la Parroquia de San William el viernes por la ma\u00f1ana en el vecindario de Montclare del lado noroeste.<\/p>\n

Docenas de dolientes se abrazaron mientras sal\u00edan de la misa f\u00fanebre privada en la fr\u00eda y nublada ma\u00f1ana, mientras sonaban las campanas de la iglesia.<\/p>\n

El padre Ryszard Gron, quien dio la homil\u00eda f\u00fanebre, les dijo a los reporteros afuera de la iglesia que su comunidad ten\u00eda \u201csuerte de acompa\u00f1ar a la familia de Ofelia\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cNuestra vida futura [siempre estar\u00e1 basada] en lo que hacemos aqu\u00ed\u201d, dijo Gron. \u201cElla ser\u00e1 feliz ahora, y es feliz ahora en las manos de Dios\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Pallbearers for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres carry her casket to the hearse after her funeral at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mourners hug after the funeral for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pallbearers for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres carry her casket to the hearse after her funeral at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mourners hug after the funeral for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mourners gather after the funeral for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ruben Torres Maldonado hugs family members and friends after the funeral for his 16-year-old daughter Ofelia Torres at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mourners hug after the funeral for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reyna Torres, consul general of Mexico in Chicago, speaks to reporters after the funeral for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mourners gather after the funeral for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Father Ryszard Gron speaks to reporters after the funeral for 16-year-old Ofelia Torres at St. William Catholic Church on the Northwest Side, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Ofelia, who successfully fought for her father\u2019s release from federal immigration detainment, died last Friday after fighting metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ofelia falleci\u00f3 el 13 de febrero tras luchar contra un rabdomiosarcoma alveolar metast\u00e1sico, una forma rara y agresiva de c\u00e1ncer de tejidos blandos.<\/p>\n

El a\u00f1o pasado, comenz\u00f3 quimioterapia despu\u00e9s de que el c\u00e1ncer avanzara a la etapa 4. En octubre, un d\u00eda despu\u00e9s de ser dada de alta el fin de semana del Lurie Children\u2019s Hospital para ver a familiares y amigos, su padre, Rub\u00e9n Torres Maldonado, fue detenido por agentes del Servicio de Inmigraci\u00f3n y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en Niles.<\/p>\n

Los m\u00e9dicos dijeron<\/u><\/a> que ella no pod\u00eda continuar con el tratamiento \u201cdebido al estr\u00e9s y la interrupci\u00f3n\u201d causados por el arresto.<\/p>\n

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Tras las amplias demandas por su liberaci\u00f3n, incluido un video realizado por Ofelia<\/u><\/a> en las redes sociales, Maldonado fue liberado bajo fianza<\/u><\/a> de la detenci\u00f3n de ICE a finales de octubre.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfelia nos dej\u00f3 con mucha luz, mucha fuerza\u201d, dijo Reyna Torres, C\u00f3nsul General de M\u00e9xico en Chicago, mientras tambi\u00e9n hablaba con los reporteros. \u201cNosotros en el consulado nos sentimos inspirados por su vida y continuaremos trabajando por nuestra comunidad, inspirados precisamente por la lucha que Ofelia [enfrent\u00f3] mientras estuvo aqu\u00ed\u201d.<\/p>\n

La semana pasada, un juez de inmigraci\u00f3n de Chicago permiti\u00f3 condicionalmente que el padre de Ofelia recibiera una \u201ccancelaci\u00f3n de remoci\u00f3n\u201d, debido al impacto que su deportaci\u00f3n tendr\u00eda en sus hijos, que son ciudadanos estadounidenses.<\/p>\n

La decisi\u00f3n le proporcionar\u00e1 un camino hacia la residencia permanente legal y eventualmente la ciudadan\u00eda estadounidense, seg\u00fan el comunicado de prensa.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfelia fue heroica y valiente ante la detenci\u00f3n de ICE y la amenaza de deportaci\u00f3n de su padre\u201d, dijo Kalman Resnick, el abogado que representa a Torres, en un comunicado emitido al d\u00eda siguiente de su muerte. \u201cLamentamos el fallecimiento de Ofelia, y esperamos que ella sirva de modelo para todos nosotros sobre c\u00f3mo ser valientes y luchar por lo que es correcto hasta nuestro \u00faltimo aliento\u201d.<\/p>\n

En octubre se cre\u00f3 una p\u00e1gina de GoFundMe<\/u><\/a> para Ofelia y ha recaudado m\u00e1s de $153,000 hasta la ma\u00f1ana del lunes.<\/p>\n

Contribuyeron: Elleiana Green y Violet Miller<\/i><\/p>\n

Traducido con una herramienta de inteligencia artificial (AI) y editado por <\/i>La Voz Chicago<\/u><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n