The future Minister of the Interior, Izkia Siches, lamented, via Twitter, the death of the trucker Bayron Castillo registered in Antofagasta and which has generated the mobilization of truckers in the north of the country. “The death of Bayron Castillo hurts, our condolences to his family,” said the former president of the Medical Association through the social network.
This Thursday the lifeless body of the 25-year-old was found in an underpass near the airport in that city. According to the Carabineros investigation, those involved began to throw stones at the victim’s vehicle when he was driving from Mejillones to Antofagasta. Given this, the trucker rebuked them and began a fight against the Venezuelan citizens where he finally ended up falling into a nearby level crossing, dying on the spot.
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Dr. Siches assured that as the future government they are concerned about the situation in the north, an area that is experiencing a profound migration crisis and with escalating violent crimes. “Of course, we reaffirm our commitment to work with all the actors from the first day of our government in search of effective measures,” said the next head of the cabinet of the President-elect Gabriel Boric.
“According to preliminary information, a group of these carriers would have had a confrontation with a group of pedestrians who were circulating in the place, apparently it would be a group of migrants. As a result of this confrontation, this young truck driver would have fallen from the underpass,” said General Gonzalo Castro, head of the Second Police Zone.
It should be remembered that the current Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgado, announced that he hopes to travel to the Antofagasta Region to meet with unions and local authorities, requesting that the routes be cleared.
