“With fear, this is how my days will be from now on”, were the words of Mrs. Toribia Imbert Sepulvedad75 years old, who was attacked with machetes at dawn last Sunday in the sector The Pigeon Peasof the National District.
counted to Free Journal who lived the “worst nightmare of her life” when her assailant, only known as “Papalo” entered her residence, woke her up by hanging her and demanding that she find him money.
“I was sleeping, he came in and grabbed me by the cocote (neck), he had a machete in his hand that had something red and he was twisting me and cutting my arms and throat,” explained Doña Toribia.
Toribia Imbert has multiple wounds on both arms, on her chin and on part of her face. As a result of the aggressions inflicted on her, the doctors could not save one of her fingers on her left hand, so they proceeded to amputate it.
According to Toribia, although he could not look at the face of his aggressor, the voice was very familiar to him, so he immediately knew who it was.
As the victim explained, the aggressor released her when he realized that the neighbors had become aware of the situation due to his constant calls for help.
He assured that he did not steal anything because they lasted a few minutes struggling for the lady to tell him where she could have money, “And then the neighbors shouted that the Police was coming and left.”
They fear for the life of the old woman
The relatives of the victim are in fear that relatives and relatives of the aggressor will attempt against his life, so they call on the authorities to prioritize this situation and ask that the perpetrator not be released “as has happened on other occasions.” .
“It is not the first time that he has been arrested, this is not the first time. What we want is for him to pay for what he did and this does not go unpunished “, said a relative of the lady.
The named Papalo was arrested that Monday and is in the hands of the authorities for investigation purposes.
Crime and drug spots are the daily bread in The Pigeon Peasfor which community members of the sector assure that they live the pain of being without peace in the area.
His days go with robberies and the nights between shots. Community members feel desperate and with their hands tied in the face of the wave of crime that is plaguing the The Pigeon Peas.
“This here is getting worse every day and the National Police plays and plays blind, I don’t know what they are waiting for, more deaths of victims maybe,” said Mr. Julito, who has been residing in More than 30 years the populous neighborhood.
Thus, Mrs. Georgina Sánchez also showed her discontent, who maintained that not only are robberies disturbing her, since she understands that this is common in other places, but that “what has me with a headache” are the multiple shots that have been heard every day.
The parish priest of the Santo Domingo Savio church, Edwar Figueroa, better known as Macolvi, stated that the situation worsened about 15 days ago when a shooting was set up near the school Saint Philomena which lasted about half an hour.
He indicated that it seems that the gangs that lead the sector are disputing a point of drugs, unleashing a hail of shots almost every day.
“Apparently the gangs are disputing some point, so every night, almost every day there are problems between them, there are shots, there are confrontations, yesterday a man died who was shot when leaving the passenger and a shootout broke out ” the father specified.
Father Macolvi assured that this is a problem that has arisen and has the community restless, “After 6:30 in the afternoon, people don’t get out so easily, they stay at home, it’s like living without peace, these days we have lived without peace, since the shooting started down there we have lived without peace ”.
understands that the intervention of the National Police It would be a solution, although he considered that the authorities should reinforce the detachments that are in the area.
