Magaly, a worker in the transportation sector in San Bernardo, Metropolitan region, experienced a situation of extreme violence early Tuesday morning and later early Wednesday morning.
In conversation with Late night of Radio Bío Bíorecounted the details of an attempted assault and subsequent threats by criminals.
“We have a transportation company and we provide services for another transportation company to remove personnel from the warehouse sector in San Bernardo,” Magaly began explaining. “When I arrived at the place where I work -on Tuesday-, I was intercepted by a vehicle with eight people in it and they hit me on the glass until they broke it.“he added.
“I went to check for injuries”
Magaly highlighted the quick action of the people and colleagues who were nearby, who They defended and prevented the assailants from taking their truck. However, He suffered head and arm injuries from a stone thrown at him.. “I went to check for injuries,” she said.
The problem did not end there. This Wednesday, when Magaly and her colleagues tried to return to work, they encountered the same attackers, this time armed. “There are people waiting on the street. People with guns,” she said desperately.
“The police never arrived last night“, he claimed. Despite the arrival of San Bernardo Citizen Security officials, the presence of the aggressors remains a constant threat. “My colleagues were at the police station and they were passing by outside the workplace pointing,” he stated.
“I have kids. I am very afraid”
The threats are so serious that Magaly and her husband have seriously considered the possibility of losing their jobs due to fear of returning to the area. “I have children, I am very afraid“He confessed through tears. “I’m afraid that because of the patent they could come to my house,” she said.
For this reason, he took the radical measure of removing the license plates from his vehicle.
Magaly pointed out that the lack of lighting and the presence constant number of vehicles loaded with merchandise make this area – warehouse area of retail companies – an easy target for criminals.
Finally, he called on the authorities and the community in general to take effective measures and guarantee security in the sector.
