Camila was already having contractions when the car stopped at the toll booth. They did not have the $2.500 in cash required by the Ruta Interportuaria, and no one let them pass.
Her partner, Dylan Nova, had to get out and ask a stranger in the car behind them for money. He got $5.000. Only then did the barrier open. But it was already too late: just a few minutes later, Julieta was born inside the same vehicle, without a single medical supply, premature at 35 weeks and with purplish skin. Dylan had to stimulate her by gently tapping her and wrap her in his own clothes so she would react.
Mother and daughter ended up hospitalized at Las Higueras Hospital in Talcahuano. Minister Judith Marín called the incident outrageous, and Representative Sergio Bobadilla described it as unacceptable. The concessionaire, for its part, only offered an apology.