October 1, 2022, 15:08 PM
October 1, 2022, 15:08 PM
A truck driver who was resting in the cabin of his vehicle was assaulted by three people, on Friday night, on the road to Puerto Suárez, in front of the bus terminal.
Two men and one woman They opened the door of the truck and beat him down from the motorized vehicle. They then attacked him with a machete, injuring his foot.
The victim, Marco Villarroel, said that the incident occurred between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. when he parked in the middle of the road. Three people, who were Ayoreo community members, attacked him.
“They opened the door for me, they asked me for my money, my wallet and my cell phone. I resisted, but they beat me until I was thrown out of the cabin. We were struggling until they hit me with a machete and left,” said the victim of the assault.
In addition to his cell phone and wallet, the thieves took his backpacks where he kept his clothes that he uses during his trips.
The driver will undergo surgeryyou went
The injured transporter was transferred to the Medigential clinic, where the doctor on duty, Anwar Adad, indicated that the patient has an exposed fracture as a result of the machete blow, but is stable.
“He will be operated on, he suffered a multifragmentary fracture of the tibia and fibula, plus vascular injury, needs a surgical cleaning and after three or four days the plates will be placed,” explained the doctor.
The relatives of the carriers, upon learning of the assault, moved from Cochabamba, like his wife since Warnes, who are pending his evolution. In addition, they estimate that the costs of the surgeries exceed 5 thousand dollars.
For his part, the leader of heavy transport, Juan Yujra, denounced that these types of events are frequent on the roads in which carriers are victims, but claims that despite the complaints made to the Police, no one is sanctioned.
“We demand more road controls, that has been an assassination attempt, they have hacked a transporter to rob him,” Yujra said.
