More than 50 bus lines remain unemployed this Monday after the murder of Daniel Barrientos, a driver of line 620 who was shot in the chest during an attempted assault on board the bus he was driving in Virrey del Pino, The slaughter. The “Captain,” as his co-workers called him, was 65 years old and one month away from retirement.
Daniel was a driver for line 620. He was 65 years old and had dedicated a large part of his life to his work as a bus driver. According to his companions, He had worked as a driver since 1991, he was a month away from retiring and, in May, he would receive the retirement to start receiving the remuneration.
In addition, they said that they called him “Captain” and remembered him as a “phenomenon” and an “exemplary” man, who was “always in a good mood.”
Who was Daniel Barrientos, the driver murdered in La Matanza and how his companions reacted after his death:
“Wednesday was his last day of work,” confessed Luis, one of Luis’s colleagues. Daniel’s wife passed away six months ago and together they had a 14-year-old son.
Those closest to him called him “Captain”, for his particular greeting every morning “Good morning Captain!”. They described him as an “exemplary” man. Besides, They compared it to another murder similar to another of their colleagues, which occurred in 2018 and a few blocks away, where driver Leandro Alcaraz died.
«It was a phenomenon, one of those drivers from before, who would take you if you did not have a balance. A guy always in a good mood, cheerful, he told us jokes »said Luis, who also said that he was “a very hard worker.” “I came to work even sick”accurate.
Hector, another of his friends, expressed: “I’ve known him for more than 20 years, it’s an immense pain, he was like my family.”And he continued: «Daniel was really good. He always had something to tell you or made a joke that did you good, he was an excellent bus driver. He would see him every day and greet him, ‘Hello, Captain,’” he recalled.
The union that brings together drivers and bus mechanics, the Automotive Tramway Union (UTA), issued a statement in which it expressed solidarity with the victim’s loved ones. «We embrace the family of Daniel Barrientos, and We make ourselves available after this event that moves and hurts the entire Argentine society”, wrote the union.
We embrace the family of Daniel Barrientos, and we make ourselves available after this event that moves and hurts the entire Argentine society.
Roberto FernandezNational Board of Directors
Automotive Tramway Union pic.twitter.com/REiZ3CmfAH— utaargentina (@utaargentina) April 3, 2023
How was the crime of the driver of line 620
Daniel Barrientos, driver of bus line 620 —of the company Nuevo Ideal—, He was murdered around 4:30 in the morning this Monday.
According to police sources, when he was driving through the intersection of Bernardino Escribano and Cullen streets, in the Vernazza neighborhood of Virrey del Pino, two men got on the bus to rob the driver and passengers.
A man who was traveling in the bus was a police officer and identified himself, so one of the assailants started shooting. One of the shots wounded Barrientos in the chest, who died. Then, the assailants continued firing at the cash, until they managed to get off the bus and escape in a car.
Murder of driver Daniel Barrientos in La Matanza: why Sergio Berni was beaten
The Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Sergio Berni, was attacked today when he arrived at the protest that a group of bus drivers carried out in La Matanza.
Berni was attacked with shovels, stones and punches by the demonstrators who were holding a traffic stop to demand justice.
Between shoves the Minister of Security suffered a stab wound to the face for a bottle that a Barrientos comrade threw around, while the television cameras recorded the moment in which a man punched him that almost knocks him out.
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