Tonight, Jose Pineda - the Cayo resident from San Ignacio Town - is still in a coma at the KHMH. On last night's newscast we reported that Pineda was badly beaten at a bar belonging to his ex-common-law-wife in San Ignacio Town.
According to Pineda's family, he was forced into a vehicle and then taken to the bar where he was beaten in front of his common-law-wife -who did nothing to stop what was happening. But after spending 3 days in police custody, today Mariana Galvez, the ex- common-law-wife of Pineda contacted our newsroom this afternoon - where, via telephone, she told Monica Bodden her version of the story.
According to Galvez, even after taking out a restraining order against Pineda, he broke the law when he willfully entered her establishment on Sunday morning and first assaulted a patron and then went after her.
Mariana Galvez (Via Phone)
"I was serving the last cold beer to a customer inside the bar when I saw my ex-common-law husband coming inside. He started to break bottles on my customers' head. My customer asked me what happened and who that man was. My ex-husband continued to break bottles. So, I came out of the bar, and I ran outside. When he saw that I ran out, he grabbed me by my hair, held me down, and he started to take out my tongue. He had a knife, and because I am a radio announcer, he wanted to cut my tongue, and when I bit him on his hand, he started to try to cut my tongue out. So, the customer came to my rescue, and he grabbed my ex-husband. They were fighting all over the place, until the police came and found them where they did. I don't know how he said that I called him to kill him or anything like that. I explained that I don't know anything about that. I am getting threatened from people in Honduras and here, that it doesn't matter if the guy dies or not, they will still kill me. I asked God to let the man live, if I could give my life to the man to make him survive, do it because if he dies or not, my life - I am still afraid. I am single mother, and I am the one who takes care of them. I have 4 children. I have a 10-month-old with whom I share with the man in the hospital."
Galvez and Pineda had only recently separated 2 months ago and on February first she took out a restraining order against him. As she mentioned, they share a ten month old child.
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