December 10, 2022, 8:20 AM
December 10, 2022, 8:20 AM
He keeps his name confidential, but his image went viral when he was subdued by a mob of bullies, who, after opening his head and kicking EL DEBER journalist Juan Carlos Fortún on the ground, continued with CT, one of the citizens who participated in the attempted eviction of the El Encanto propertyfrom the Kim family, on Thursday morning, December 8.
Photos show him kneeling on the sand floor, even tied up and subdued with a rope.
According to CT, fell into the hands of the attackers when he wanted to cover his companions so that they escape. “They said What if we also take out this son of a p…’s heart?” he said from his bed.
CT assured that he was in the hands of his captors for about 50 minutesand that in that period they talked about taking out his heart, “while the policemen covered them”denounced.
Today, CT has four points on the head, three points a few centimeters from the anus, in addition to a fracture in the tibia and fibula, which requires surgery. He says that they did not stop beating him and that they gave him a shovel in the ear so he wouldn’t listen, shock that left him deaf for several hours.
“The policemen surrounded me to cover me up. They kept watching and only when I started to convulse did the attackers leave me because they thought I was going to die. The uniformed officers did not rescue me, nor did they prevent the aggression“, he narrated.
According to CT, no one got in out of fear, they called ambulances, but they did not dare to interveneuntil finally someone rescued him, thanks to the pressure of a neighbor who yelled “asesinos, loteadores”.
The wounded he has to have surgery to get pins put in, and it requires about three thousand dollars for all expenses. The family made available to those who want to help a telephone line 709-11281, and a QR code in the name of Fátima Reyes.
CT also denounced that his wife was beaten, and his vandalized vehicle. “They wanted to burn my vehicle with my wife inside, they stole the battery, and everything they could,” she recounted.
The wounded man also said that the attackers know his identity, since they took his wallet with his documents personal.
During the 36 days of the census strike in 2023, a man died after being stabbed close to the heart while guarding a blockade point in the Latin Quarter, in the Los Lotes area, by the Palmasola Refinery, near where there is also the property in conflict, belonging to the Kim family, without the authorities giving a solution to date.
The deceased and another young man, who was seriously injured, on that occasion were “ambushed” by a group of people who attacked and stabbed them, according to the accounts of the neighbors to the media. At the time, Police attributed the incident to a confrontation between gangs. and called the fact confusing.
Days before, the fatal victim had participated in the lifting of the siege at the refinery.
