The judge prosecutes three individuals for attacking a taxi driver in Córdoba with the “mataleón” key

The three detainees who remained on bail practiced this technique on the taxi driver, which consists of hold firmly with an arm around his neck from the back seat, leaving him without the possibility of defending himself while they stole the money from his wallet of around 45 euros.

The events date back to the early morning of November 14 when, after having carried out this violent theft The National Police arrested them as suspected perpetrators of theft with violence and intimidation, injury and damage to a taxi driver.

The court concluded the investigation and forwarded it to the prosecution to present its indictment. The investigating judge specifies in his brief that the facts date back to the early hours of November 14, when three individuals requested the service of a taxi to be transported to the South sector.

Once the aforementioned public service vehicle was found traveling to the destination areathe passengers ordered the complainant to get off at the end of an alley.

The taxi ended up crashing down some stairs

At that moment, said the National Police, one of the travelers “very violently and without saying a word grabbed the victim by the neck while the other boys managed to steal the money collected in the taxi which was inside the metal purse installed in said vehicle.”

The attack caused the vehicle to collide with a nearby staircase, the authors fleeingcausing considerable damage. Moments before this robbery, they had tried to do the same thing in another taxi.

After becoming aware of the events that had occurred, a police investigation was opened, during which the officers were able to identify to the three alleged perpetrators. A police force was therefore deployed, succeeding in arresting two of them, then a third.