@ [NightHawk999
There is much insight in your message. I will further think about some of the things that you said.
The circumstances surrounding the case was a feud with an indigenous family for over 7 years. They had illegally torn down two historic houses and constructed a huge apartment complex, also of illegal height, which blocked our historic view of the Virgen of Quito on the hillside. We won the case within the Municipality, but it was as if nothing. The case was mysteriously shelved and disappeared. Obvious pay-offs to someone. We gave up.
About my son: while recuperating in the hospital, he decided to leave this country. 1 1/2 years ago, he immigrated to Sweden with his family. Sweden is our ancestral home, we are Swedish-American. Many good things came out of this descent into darkness, renewed closeness to my son, renewed contact with Sweden, all of us studying Swedish. A definitely different turn of events that would not have happened if the assault had not occurred.