09/08/2021 20:16
Clarín.com
Zonal
Updated 09/08/2021 20:16
This Wednesday a video was released showing the excessive violence of an
alleged group of street vendors
against a merchant from Merlo, in the western area of Greater Buenos Aires.
In the images recorded by a surveillance camera, it can be seen how several men
enter his premises
and
begin to break the glass
,
throw away the merchandise
,
rob him
and even
beat him
while filming him.
Aleg Goyda has a
warehouse-type business
on the corner of
Jujuy al 1000
, just in
front of the Sarmiento train tracks.
It was on Monday afternoon when he lived the tense moment, before a group of between
20 and 25 men who threatened him and attacked in a gang.
In the video, almost a crowd is seen entering the place and lashing out at the doors and windows, while other members
scold the merchant
, while
threatening and hitting him
.
“Close the business, here we handle it. If we are not going to kill you "
and
" Go away from Merlo, we do not want you here "
, are some of the things that are heard in the video and that appear in the complaint.
The group stole merchandise and destroyed the windows of the premises.
As Goyda declared before UFI No. 2 of the Morón Judicial Department, the
group -
of which some names have been identified - not only
stole $ 300,000
worth
of merchandise
, but
also
took around
$ 350,000 from the cash register.
Based on this complaint, the case was classified as
“aggravated robbery
for having been committed in a populated place and in a gang;
Aggravated duress for the purpose of compelling a person to quit their job;
injuries;
damages and illicit association to commit crimes ”.
The merchant assures that he
recognized the aggressors
and points out that they
belong to a “mutual facade”
, which
groups together street workers
in the area,
mostly those who work on the Sarmiento train
.
In addition, he maintains that the problem arises because members of the group
want to set up a business in the area
to sell the same products as him, but that
due to the low prices of his business
, the only
way for them to be successful is if he closes his business. local.
The merchant received several blows to his face.
"I can identify them
, because they come to buy me every day.
I heard rumors that they wanted to come to Merlo to start their business and, since I am here and buy direct from the factory and everything, they have no opportunity with me for prices to sell.
So
they want to get me out of the way
,
"
Goyda assured the TN news channel.
Attackers recognized by the victim
Always according to the testimony of the victim.
The aggressors not only
told him
that he had to close the shop
, but they also
insulted him
,
threatened to kill him
and also
“warned” him that they have power
in different places in the western zone, such as Morón and Merlo.
It is not the first time that the owner of the premises is rebuked by them.
According to him, he has spent years offering products for informal workers to resell, and as a connoisseur of the field, he understands that the group would feel
"threatened" by its competition.
“This is not enough, because
these people from the mutual came with the whole gang
in July and said they were going to keep my business.
One who made the sacrifice for so long and now they want to stay with the premises ”, he expressed with anguish.
After destroying the premises in Merlo,
the same attackers would have moved to Morón
, where they
acted in a similar way.
There,
in a business located in Uruguay 72, intruders also
destroyed and stole merchandise
, a situation that did not reach greater because
the police arrived a few minutes after their break-in
.
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