After the violent confrontation between students and illegal merchants at Central Station, one of the street vendors involved spoke this Monday, claiming to be psychologically unwell after what happened on Friday as part of the demonstration called by Confech. He also denied having carried a weapon and assured that the conversation with the police was taken out of context.
One of the street vendors recorded beating students with blunt objects in the middle of last Friday’s march in Central Stationassured that he will be responsible for what happened, although He stated that he did not know that they were students.
The man, who is known in the Meiggs neighborhood, assured the morning of MegaNice to meet you, the records are taken out of context.
“I fought with a young man and I think he was not a student, I remember he was wearing a white shirt, and the students got in to defend him”he added.
As he indicated, “the intention was never to fight with the students themselves because we also agree with their demands, but it was not a fight as it is portrayed on television.
He insisted that it was not a fight between merchants and students but “with a group of young people who were attacking other people.”
Rule out use of weapon
He also clarified that on Friday he was not carrying a pistol, but an iron structure that, he assured, was thrown at him in the middle of the fight.
When asked if he threatened the demonstrators with what appears to be a weapon, he said no, that “he only had it in his hand and they threw it at me.”
Regarding the records where he is seen attacking a young woman with a stick, he stated that he did not know if it was a woman because they were hooded, despite the fact that the affected woman was wearing a skirt.
Conversation with carabinieri
Regarding the conversation he had with troops who were guarding the march, he said that “they took that out of context because they consulted me, They asked me for my card.”
He assured that he was sorry for what happened since there are people suffering. “They are accusing me of a child who is seriously ill in the hospital and that child, I have the videos that at no time did I attack him (…) I fought with another person.
Likewise, he said he did not know who is the author of the aggression of the student who remains hospitalized in the ICU.
“I was in the wrong place and with my impulses I also made mistakes. There are things that I should not have done (…) We did not fight against the students, it was not like that, ”he reiterated.
The street vendor apologized to the students’ families. “I have seen the videos and yes there are children involved and one does not know how to distinguish at the moment because they are hooded, with knives, sticks and stones.”
“I want to give strength to the family (of the seriously injured young man) because I also have family behind me. I understand the suffering,” she asserted.
According to what he reported, with a lawyer they are evaluating whether he will appear voluntarily in court. Let us remember that both the government and the municipality of Estación Central sued those responsible for the aggression against the students during the march.
To conclude, he indicated that he was in a position to speak with the victims and turn himself in to the police if necessary. “Psychologically I’m still bad. They speak to me from all sides with threats”, Hill.