The murder two weeks ago from a young man Mexican what distributed food in streets of New York aroused the outrage of the community migrant in that city, which has not stopped paying tribute to him and demanding justice.
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In this place on March 29 Francisco Villalba, 29-year-old died after being shot in the stomach and neck by a man who tried to steal his electric bicycle.
“They just killed him because of his bicycle, he didn’t have to do it, they didn’t have to kill him, if he wanted the bicycle to take it away, why did he have to take his life? He is not an animal, he is a human being, my brother, ”lamented Lucas Villalba, Victim’s brother.
According to the police, the attacker fled, leaving the bicycle next to the body of the delivery man of 29-year-old food.
“He was a calm boy, just like us, working, we come to what we come here, to get ahead”, Luis Villalba, Victim’s brother.
Francisco was originally from acNahua community in the Sierra de Guerrero, but for 9 years he had migrated to the United States.
The murder of the young Mexican has shocked the migrant community in New York that since the day of his murder has not stopped paying homage to him, has even placed this makeshift altar in his memory.
So far Francisco’s family denounces that crime investigations have not advanced, so they ask the Mexican government to intervene.
“Now the investigation has, so far, nothing is known, it has been three weeks and nothing, but what if we were to kill a little brunette, there if he grabs you out of the blue, but since we are Latinos, we are Hispanics, there is no justice ”, Lucas Villalva, victim’s brother.
During the pandemic food delivery people have been recognized by citizens and authorities as fundamental pieces to avoid contagionHowever, they say they feel totally helpless in the face of labor injustices and being exposed to accidents and violence.
“Nobody does anything for us, we have given our lives to deliver daily bread to all New Yorkers here, rain, storm everything,” Cesar Solano, food delivery man.
“Today, thousands of food delivery people are facing precarious working conditions, but at the same time they are facing violence, bicycle theft, traffic accidents that is leading to the death of thousands of workers who today they don’t know if they can go home or if that is going to be their last day of work or life ”, Ligia Guallpa, Executive Director of Workers Justice Project.
The body of the young migrant could be repatriated this weekend to his hometown, however the demand for justice will continue in New York, as the delivery men are expected to participate in a march to demand justice for Francisco.
“Not because the truth right now what we want is justice, that the murderer seizes him because, because he did not have it, we want to know why he killed them, we want them to seize him, that justice be done please,” concluded his brother Lucas.
With information from Univision
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