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Daniel Anibal Aguilera
October 19, 2007
Madrid, Spain

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Taxi  drivers in Madrid go on strike to protest colleague's killing
International Herald-Tribune
Saturday, October 20, 2007

The Associated  Press

Taxi drivers in Madrid went on strike  Saturday to protest the stabbing death of a colleague in an apparent  robbery.

Many cabbies stopped driving immediately after the killing  Friday night of 45-year-old Argentine Daniel Aguilera Gramada and assembled in a  downtown plaza, honking horns and shouting for better protection. The protest  continued Saturday morning and the city was largely without taxi service, news  reports said.

The stoppage was to last until noon (1000 GMT), after  which leaders of taxi drivers' unions were to meet with Interior Ministry  officials.

Police said Aguilera Gramada was stabbed in the face and  neck in an apparent robbery. No suspects have been arrested. They said it was  the first time in years that a Madrid cabbie had been killed while on  duty.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/20/europe/EU-GEN-Spain-Taxi-Strike.php

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Madrid cabbie murder suspect gives himself up

By: thinkSPAIN

The 22 year old Brazilian youth at the top of the police's list of possible suspects in the case of the Madrid taxi driver murdered while on duty last Friday night, handed himself in to police in Hortaleza this morning.

Police say Osmar Estevao Do Nascimento, who is living in Spain illegally, had been under constant surveillance and was about to be arrested before finally cracking under the pressure.

The body of 50 year old Daniel Aníbal Aguilera, whose throat had been cut, was found inside his vehicle in Hortaleza last Friday night.

The incident sparked a demonstration by Madrid taxi drivers the following day in the Plaza de Cibeles to demand more effective security measures such as the installation of protective screens or cctv cameras.

Friday, October 26, 2007

http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/13975

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