The Colombian Efraín Zabaleta López, who was traveling with his countryman Lurvis Vence Jiménez, killed in a shootout recorded on a bus in California, United States, says she pretended to be dead, thinking they would kill them all.
Zabaleta, who traveled to visit his son and granddaughter, recounts the moments of anguish and horror experienced in the early hours of Monday, when they first took a bus from the Greyhound company, from San Diego to San Francisco, changing vehicles in Los Angeles, a city where the stranger who caused the tragedy apparently rose.
“I was sleeping, when suddenly the guy, at one o’clock in the morning,
He began to speak loudly in English and I was telling myself, well this man does not respect the dream of others and I continued sleeping when I feel three shots, when I felt them I thought I was a terrorist and I slipped to the floor, ”says the witness.
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That was when eThe body of Lurvis, who was traveling next to him, fell on the chair in which he was sitting and could see that he was injured in the ear, while still listening to the shots.
I kept sleeping when I felt three shots, when I felt them I thought I was a terrorist and I slipped to the floor
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“He did about 15 shots, what I said: this man is going to kill us all and what I did was hug her and put my head on hers, thinking that I would place another provider to continue killing us, I died there at that time, because what I expected was that, ”he says.
A Mexican-born paramedic who was traveling with his wife was the one who dared to disarm the aggressor, taking advantage of the fact that the gun had been unloaded and in fear of changing the cartridge. The aggressor, being disarmed, quickly got off the bus.
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It was all a matter of seconds, so they continued on their way for about five minutes until they reached a service station, to wait for the authorities.
Efraín, the paramedic, his wife and another travel companion had to spend Monday at a fast-food place while the authorities practiced the body-building procedure, and then give a statement of what happened at a police station.
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This was the first time Efrain and Lurvis traveled together. They left on Saturday from their homeland the municipality of El Molino, in the south of La Guajira to Bogotá, and then take a flight, on Sunday morning, to Mexico City and then to Tijuana, where they continued their road trip to the United States.
Efrain pointed out that they were very difficult and painful moments he had never lived, so He will try to enjoy his stay in that country with his family, but not as expected, “life goes on and one must move forward.”
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She is Lurvis Vence Jiménez.
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Murdered Colombian family arrives in the US UU.
This Monday Orlando Duarte Vence arrived in the United States, one of the children of the Colombian killed in the shooting of the bus in California, with the purpose of knowing more details about the case and carrying out the procedures of rigor, since the authorities have been airtight with the information and they would only make it known directly to their relatives.
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