A 31-year-old Cuban delivery driver was shot in the chest on Friday night at the intersection of Máximo Tajes and Capri streets, in the Carrasco Norte neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay, when two criminals attempted to steal his motorcycle.
According to information gathered by the channel Telenoche from the scene of the incident, and confirmed by other media, the two attackers were on foot when they approached the delivery driver with the intent to steal the vehicle. The victim, who worked for the PedidosYa platform, resisted and struggled with the assailants, who shot him in the chest.
The medical personnel who arrived at the scene confirmed the death. The attackers fled without taking the motorcycle or the belongings of the worker, whose body lay on the sidewalk next to the vehicle. The victim had no criminal record.
The Homicide Department of the Montevideo Police took charge of the investigation. The area was equipped with security cameras that were expected to assist in identifying those responsible.
This crime makes the victim the third delivery person murdered in just ten days in Montevideo. Among the previous cases is that of Juan Carlos Mendoza, a 62-year-old Venezuelan delivery person, who was killed under equally violent circumstances. The wave of murders sparked a massive protest by delivery workers in Plaza Independencia, in front of the Executive Tower, demanding safety and justice.
Colleagues who arrived at the scene after hearing the news described the situation with dismay. One of them recounted what happened: "That young man was just delivering his order, the gang arrived, they were going to take his motorcycle, the young man let go of the motorcycle and right then he was shot in the chest and he is dead."
Another delivery worker present —presumably Cuban, based on his accent and vocabulary— mentioned that he himself had experienced a robbery attempt at gunpoint just a month earlier, just four blocks from the location. This situation reflects the climate of insecurity faced by workers on these selling platforms in Uruguay, a country to which more than 22,000 Cubans arrived in 2025.
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