A 35-year-old taxi driver lost his life after an assault by false passengers in Manchayadding another blow to a family that a year earlier experienced the murder of a niece in extreme circumstances attributed to a police officer. The case of Marcos Raúl Taipe Torres exposes again the level of violence that transport workers face in Lime and highlights the difficulty of finding justice.
The night of the tragedy, Marcos Raúl Taipe Torres He went to work in his taxi as usual. At 10:53 p.m. he sent messages to a friend via WhatsApp where he expressed his fear of some suspicious passengers. “I think they’re going to rob me. You’ll call me in twenty minutes. If I don’t answer it’s because I did,” was one of the texts sent by Taipe Torreswho also sent his real-time location to his contact.
Minutes later all communication with him was lost. His relatives reported his disappearance to the police, while his location and belongings gave the first clues. The body of Taipe Torres He later appeared on Manchay Avenue, with signs of having been tied up and executed with a firearm. The vehicle, his main work tool, was stolen.
Marcos Raúl Taipe Torres Not only did he support his four children, but he also sought better conditions by working as a taxi driver to pay for his nursing studies, with the intention of leaving an increasingly risky profession. Your sister, Yesely TaipeHe recalled through tears: “They killed him for stealing his car. It’s his work tool. My brother had four children.” He explained that the danger of his work motivated his desire to change occupations. The family pointed out that, after the assault, the criminals took documents and the vehicle, making their immediate identification difficult.
The victim’s mother and sister went to the facilities of the Criminal Investigation Division (Depincri) of La Molina to demand progress in the investigation and express their distrust in the police authorities. Past experience increased that feeling of institutional abandonment.
Less than a year before, the family of Taipe Torres faced another tragic event. Sheyla Condorniece of the taxi driver, was the victim of a heinous murder involving a member of the police in Commas. According to testimony of Yesely Taipethis new loss intensified the pain of a mother who never fully recovered from the first crime. “Unfortunately, the investigations are left aside, because last year they murdered my cousin Sheila and now my brother,” said the sister of the murdered driver, describing the feeling of impunity.
The case of Marcos Raúl Taipe Torres It was not an isolated event during that night. According to the police record, another man was murdered near the place during the same morning, which shows a worrying panorama of insecurity. The last official count reports 1,980 homicides in the country this yeara figure that reflects the absence of containment in the face of violence and crime. The cases that occurred in Manchay They transmit the daily fear of a population that accuses a lack of protection.
In the midst of indignation and mourning, the family regrets the little support they say they receive from the authorities. “At six o’clock he appears on the news because they had identified him, at the beginning they even had him as an NN because they left him without documents, they took the car,” he denounced. Yesely Taipeadding that Trust in the police has been affected after the experiences experienced. For both the recent crime and the previous one, the progress of the investigations and the conviction of those responsible are the demands that the family maintains in the face of adversity.
