Following the incident last Thursday, where a taxi driver was fatally attacked by a motorist after a traffic argument, Élite Taxi, the union to which the victim belonged, has called the entire sector to a strike today in Barcelona to condemn the events and in tribute to the deceased colleague, which will last between ten and twelve noon.
Starting at ten, taxi drivers will cut off Gran Via, from Bailén Street to Plaza Espanya, as well as Passeig de Gràcia, from Rosselló Street. Once all the taxi drivers are in a stopping position, at the height of Passeig de Gràcia and Gran Via, they will pay tribute to their "murdered colleague."
Carlos, the taxi driver who died last Sunday at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona due to serious injuries allegedly caused by a motorist last Thursday night in Barcelona, was Bolivian, 53 years old and had changed shift that night with his niece, with whom he shared the taxi. He had been working as a taxi driver in Barcelona for about two years, and before that he had done the same job in Madrid.
The traffic argument that ended with this fatal attack occurred at number 192 Travessera de les Corts, and that same night the Mossos d'Esquadra arrested the alleged perpetrator of the events, accused of a crime of injuries, the who was released on Saturday after being brought to justice, one day before the taxi driver died.
Tito Álvarez, the spokesperson for Élite Taxi, has stressed that with this protest they want to defend the "honor" of Carlos, who "went out to work and is dead" while his attacker "is on the street", as well as to ask for justice. The taxi drivers' union requests that the aggressor be charged with the crime of homicide through possible intent, with sentences of between 10 and 15 years in prison, and his immediate entry into preventive detention until the trial is held.
"We imagine that in this struggle the aggressor did not want to kill him, there was no intention to kill him, but it is true that when you hit someone and even more so with a motorcycle protection glove like the one he was wearing, there is already an intention to kill him. attack and therefore we think it is a homicide," Álvarez indicated.
