Abel Azcona was born on 1 April , as the result of an unwanted pregnancy, in the Montesa Clinic in Madrid , [ 20 ] an institution that was run by a religious community. It was geared towards people at risk of social exclusion and homelessness. The first four years of Azcona's life were characterised by mistreatment, abuse and abandonment, [ 26 ] caused by different members within his family environment, and the fact he passed through various residences, which caused several concerns about custody from public institutions of social protection.
The child is in a situation of complete abandonment, with visible signs of abuse, neglect and malnutrition, and testimonies by neighbours [ A young Catholic woman from Navarre was introduced to a newborn Azcona when she met the man who brought newborn Azcona from the Montesa clinic in Madrid to Pamplona in prison, where she volunteered; [ 23 ] he still falsely presented himself as Azcona's biological father.
They informally cared for him until the age of six, when they requested to foster him on a more permanent basis.
An adoption request began to be processed, and he was officially adopted by the eldest daughter at the age of seven. The family also intervened to allow him to be accepted into the Catholic schools the daughters had attended. From then on, in different records and documents, such as at school, the second surname is shown as Raposo, that of the man's new partner.
At the age of seven he was adopted and became known as Abel David Azcona Ema, taking on the surnames of his adoptive mother. The adoptive family refused to use the name Abel, since it implied a connection to the biological mother, so they called him David. At fifteen years of age, Azcona was adopted by the husband of his adoptive mother, becoming Abel David Marcos Azcona taking his surname ; after a family process to invert the surnames was approved, 'Azcona' returned as the first surname, and he legally became Abel David Azcona Marcos.
