Marie Cruz Jimena confirmed that “there are good people” after she returned the wallet she lost in Jerez de la Frontera for 1659 euros, the money was returned by his young woman, Maria de Gracia Arroyo, with whom she saw It’s Monday at the police station.

She lost her wallet on November 28, and today they met at the Jerez de la Frontera police station on the occasion of an action organized by the national police, during which the victim gave Maria de Gracia a Christmas basket.

In statements to the media, Marie Cruz assured that she never carries cash with her in her wallet, but just that day she took it out “to pay for some reforms” that she is carrying out in her new home.

The purse was lost in the supermarket parking lot and she didn’t realize it because she was “in a hurry because it was time to bathe and have dinner” for her three children, so she only found out about the loss when she received a call. National police, informing him of the appearance of his wallet with money on the same night.

Maria de Gracia found it in the aforementioned parking lot during the day and considered keeping it at the establishment, but decided against the option when she saw it was “a very important amount”.

So he went to the address on Marie Cruz’s identity document, but he was no longer there because he had moved and he had to go to the national police to get the wallet in the hands of its owner.

“I wasn’t tempted because I put myself in the other person’s shoes and thought that maybe it was money for medicine or for helping a family member,” explained Maria de Gracia, who does not want to attach much importance to her behavior and shows surprised at the implications of this news, as she believes that what she did was only “what I wish they had done for me”.

The portfolio owner is “infinitely grateful” because she admits that losing this money “would be a great inconvenience” while renovating her home.

The wallet was returned the same day he lost it, leading him to believe that “there are many good people in the world” and that he was lucky that “one of them” found the wallet.

Marie Cruz revealed that her mother also found the wallet a few months ago and returned it, as they have now done to her, in what she considers “payment in advance.”

Maria de Gracia also had a detail with Marie Cruz during an action held at the police station. She gave her a purse she made so that it wouldn’t happen to her again. “If we put ourselves in the place of others, more good things would be done,” he reflected.