A 25-year-old young man was murdered in front of his girlfriend in the city of
Mendoza
where he was attacked by criminals who tried to
steal a backpack
in which he was carrying 500,000 pesos.
The money was to pay for the purchase of a motorcycle that they had agreed to through Facebook.
The victim was
Ángel Yerdeo
, who this Sunday went with his girlfriend to buy a motorcycle in the La Favorita neighborhood;
a conflictive area due to several cases of insecurity.
There, he had allegedly agreed to the delivery of the money for the purchase of the motorcycle.
The commercial transaction had been closed through the
Marketplace
application on the popular social network.
According to the Los Andes
newspaper ,
the victim arrived at the scene, but the alleged seller was not there.
And when they were about to leave, one block from where the failed meeting had been agreed upon, two
armed criminals approached them
and demanded that they hand over the backpack in which they had around 500,000 pesos.
Yerdeo's girlfriend later recounted that everything happened when they were both walking towards "a house located in front of Plaza Aliar, the home of Facundo, the supposed Facebook user and owner of the motorcycle that was going to be sold."
"Upon arriving at the agreed address, we knocked on the door and from the house they told us that
no Facundo lived there
," said the victim's girlfriend.
According to the story of the young woman who was carrying the backpack with the money, her boyfriend was shot
because he came to her defense
, after the criminals forced her to hand over the backpack.
Police sources confirmed that the search for the murderers continues at this time, who, after escaping from the area, are on the run.
"From what they said, they are from the neighborhood, but they still haven't caught anyone," a resident of the area confirmed this Monday morning.
Relatives of the young man murdered in Mendoza showed their pain on Facebook.
Photo: Facebook
Yerdeo was rushed by ambulance to Health Center No. 300 in serious condition, and died from gunshot wounds to the sternum.
Reportedly, Yerdeo had previously contacted a person through Facebook because he was interested in a motorcycle that was posted for sale.
After chatting with the supposed buyer, who introduced himself as "Facundo", they agreed on the price and the place where they were going to make the transaction.
Personnel from Prosecutor's Office 2 and Andrea Lazo, from the Investigation Prosecutor's Office No. 21 for Homicide, intervened.
Sadness and anger in the networks
After learning of the death of the 25-year-old, family and friends showed their sadness and anger on social networks.
"You will always be in my heart, my angel, I love you," wrote Luz Yerdeo, the victim's sister.
Mendoza: anger in the networks for the death of the young man deceived on Facebook.
Photo: Facebook
A friend, Gianfranco Murúa, also showed his pain at his departure and asked for Justice through social networks.
"A life is not worth a few pesos, those who did that to you must pay, justice now!" He asked in the post.
