Taxi Drivers at War: How the "Uber Fighter" Group Works

Compressed air guns, paint strippers and broken lids are part of the modus operandi of the "Uber Fighters" a group of taxi drivers who are at war with the drivers of this vehicle. application Since the justice declared this service as illegal, the tacheros soon united to fight them, because they continue to operate mainly in the federal capital. In a report of Journalism for All he shows behind the scenes of this hunt which seems to have no end.

"They shoot and rajan", "Whenever we go out think that if today is your turn", "I'm afraid to be attacked" . Testimonies of the drivers of the application seem to be linked by the same thread: laziness and fear of being next.

Uber drivers are becoming more attentive as they know that the anger of taxi drivers is latent. To ask guests to sit down to hide the service to avoid certain "hot" areas, where other colleagues have warned that incidents had been recorded. The tactic varies, but never ensures complete effectiveness

So far this year, more than 650 complaints have been made about attacks by "fighters Uber ", which often included individuals who had not they had no connection to the platform or they were drivers of Cabify, a similar application that is allowed to operate in Argentina.

In dialogue with PPT one of those drivers – who did not disclose his identity – he said that he was a victim of this hunt. "I left the car at the door of my house and a few hours had the wheels and all the broken glbad ," he explained in the cycle led by Jorge Lanata. At the same time, he explained that they had thrown paint all over the hood

. This same strategy was used against a Cabify pilot already attacked twice. Despite the updated papers, it was not the exception of the badaults.

For these drivers the men who are at the origin of the attacks are those who compose the badociation "Taxistas Unidos" . Its owner, Marcelo Boeri, is aware of the persecution, but prefers to point to the government for lack of answers.

"Uber is a corporatist and rowdy company that smuggled into the country ," he said in PPT . Two months before the arrival of the company in the country, taxi drivers had already organized to "mark the yard" and prevent them from working.

According to Boeri, the responsibility behind these attacks rests with the Secretariat of Transport which "is composed of incompetent persons". And this forced drivers to "fight independently".

Regarding the database that many Uber drivers have denounced, Boeri does not deny this information. But that confirms that they have created a list to "help the complaint": there there are the patents and the characteristics of the persecuted . "With that, they know who the owner is and where he lives," said one of Cabify's drivers.

"I warn you for a while, something tragic will happen ". United Taxistas. And so, that spits out the theory that, in the midst of legal conflict, this battle is far from having an end.