I hope it helps him. Visibly moved, Toledo described this incident, which he said was totally unexpected, as possibly the worst moment of his life. But he said the outpouring of support and good wishes for him and his wife, Ana Milagros Cintron Garcia, has been surprising. He keeps a stack of printed e-mails near his desk from people who have written to express their solidarity. The greatest lesson he has learned from his son's plight is that no family is immune to the plague of drugs, and he said that gave him more strength to fight against the pervasive social evil.
Nobody is exempt.
He said he also learned that parents can direct and counsel their children to do the right thing, but children choose their own paths. The best you can do is to instill values and hope they follow them. The third lesson he has gleaned from this difficult situation is that people have to face up to their problems. On the day of his son's arrest, Toledo was in the States and he called island newspapers to give them his reaction so that it would be included in the next day's news. By facing up to the problem and not hiding anything, he said people saw and understood that his family was in a difficult stretch and supported them.