Dozens of WhatsApp messages confirm that young Diego Jesús Méndez has been working for businessman from Alicante Enrique C., who was arrested a few months ago after an on-the-job accident he has sustained since then. Wheelchair to this 22 year old boy.
Police arrested the employer after the casualty revealed that he was working for him without a contract and fell while installing the air conditioner, asking his “boss” to do it to him. masks the work accident as a home accident.
The young man jumped from somewhere about three meters high When the ladder on which he climbed and crashed on May 16 was closed. vertebral fracture with spinal cord invasion strong, which practically immobilizes him from the waist down neuropathic pain and together urinary and fecal incontinence as a result of injury. After his emergency surgery in Alicante, intervene cost Health care more than 11,000 Euros, He was transferred to the Hospital for the Paraplegics in Toledo. It’s been there since the end of June.
The Spanish-born businessman was arrested along with his partner, a woman of Colombian descent. crime against workers’ safety and other serious injuries with indifference. Police investigations revealed they had Two WhatsApp groups, one Venezuelan and the other Colombian, among those who seize the workforce by taking advantage of their security bug. In one of these messages he said: «I am looking for an assistant with experience in air conditioning installation, dynamic, agile and proactive, with half-time or full-time experience depending on the task». Paid daily or weekly without any contractual relationship.
Although the arrested person has so far enjoyed the right not to testify, this is despite the questions asked by the media. He denied that Diego was working for him and added that the young man would “try to find something.” Messages between Diego and his employer have already been included in the investigation.
Both Diego and his friend Felipe, who traveled from Venezuela to Alicante in search of a future and had not been separated from him since the day the accident occurred, have already reunited. Called to testify in court Who gives the order of open trial? The businessman and his partner were also investigated. The person responsible for the workplace where the accident occurred is called as a witness.
According to Diego’s statement to the Police, he was alone in his mechanical workshop where he installed the air conditioner when the accident occurred. So much so that he had to shout for help when he saw that his legs were not responding. “When I arrived, the boss gave me a menthol massage on my back and insisted that I stand up. Seeing that I can’t He took me in his arms to carry me to the car.
A transfer is clearly insufficient And that might have aggravated Diego’s wounds, but avoided the presence of the police This occurs when the assistance of an ambulance is needed for a work accident.
Before going to the hospital, the businessman who took Diego to the apartment he shared with Felipe on Calle Sevilla in Alicante stated that it would be more accurate to say that he fell by putting a television in his room to get his passport. In order not to have problems with Immigration due to the lack of documents. Diego, of Toledo, later placed it in the hands of his hospital caregiver and never contacted him again, “not even to deal with my case,” he adds.