Arturo Cuevas (30) and Daisy Barrera (27), boyfriends arrested as suspects in the brutal attack on their neighbor Wilson Chabla Lliguicota (28) in an alleged fight over a parking space, were charged with attempted murder in Queens (NYC) , on Monday.
Chabla argued with his attackers near his home on 48th Street near 47th Avenue in the Sunnyside neighborhood around 3:50 p.m. on Friday, March 17, and was seriously injured after being stabbed and beaten with bats and kicks, the police said. authorities. His girlfriend Delia Chimbay was also attacked, according to patch.com.
The violent attack was captured on video. Caution is advised when viewing the bloody images. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz called the attack “brutal.” “This shocking display of brutality will be met with justice,” she said last month, calling for the suspects to be held on Rikers Island without bail.
Cuevas and Barrera each face up to 25 years in prison if convicted, prosecutor Katz said. Chabla underwent surgery for a severe head injury at Elmhurst Hospital.
Barrera allegedly beat Chabla with a baseball bat until he fell to the ground. Cuevas then stomped on him repeatedly. He too was stabbed five times.
Apparently Barrera and Cuevas had an ongoing parking dispute with Chabla and decided to launch their attack when they saw him on the street, leaving him in critical condition on bloodstains on the asphalt, in broad daylight and in view of some witnesses.
After his arrest, Cuevas confessed to police, saying, “It was me,” according to the criminal complaint against him. Barrera had no prior arrests. Cuevas had previously been charged with assault and harassment for allegedly pulling a 27-year-old man out of his car and repeatedly hitting him in the face with metal fists on April 4, 2022, an NYPD spokesperson said.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
In a similar case, at the end of last year Jason Freeman (36) died violently after being run over several times by a driver who fled the scene after a fight over a parking space in New Jersey.
In late November, a man was sentenced to between 40 years and life in prison after he stabbed two people and ran over five pedestrians, killing his friend, during an argument over a parking space in Queens (NYC).
In July, a Hispanic man was shot while working in a parking lot in Brooklyn (NYC) for “Law & Order”, a legendary TV series on crime.
Previously, in March 2022, a 43-year-old man was fatally shot in his building following an apparent dispute over a parking space in Brooklyn. In December 2021, in that same county, a 63-year-old man was found unconscious with head trauma and police suspect he was fatally struck in a dispute over a double-parked car.