A member of the guild would have died after being injured in the middle of a robbery.
A response from the authorities is expected.
The Villavicencio taxi drivers’ union carried out a total blockade of the Vía al Llano at kilometer 58+000 (Llano Lindo) in protest against insecurity and because a member of the union had died after being injured in the middle of an assault.
Around midnight this Tuesday (January 7th), The impact on the road was confirmed by the Coviandina concessionaire, which published a photo of the protest point.
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The first versions indicate that the assault against the taxi driver occurred in the Pinares de Oriente sector where the 30-year-old man, identified as Diego Alejandro, was shot several times.
According to the data known so fara woman posed as a passenger and after advancing a few meters she stopped near a motorcycle in which two criminals proceeded to steal her belongings and in the middle of the events they shot her.
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Spokespeople for the taxi drivers asked the Villavicencio Mayor’s Office to rule on this serious case, At the same time, it is unknown if the blockade will remain in place for several hours until the authorities provide a response.
The queue of vehicles, due to the blockade, extended for several kilometers from the La Flor sector, a protest that ended around 2 am this Wednesday. Coviandina reported.
It is expected that in the next few hours the Villavicencio Police or the Mayor’s Office will issue a statement or make a statement regarding the serious events recorded.
Source: Integrated Information System
