Francisco Murmura, the husband of Regina Murmura, is blaming the company Waze for the fatal shooting that killed his wife when they took the wrong turn into a Favela on Saturday night in Rio De Janeiro. "Fear. It's like you know that your life is going to end in minutes ... I still do not know how I 'm here now," Francisco described the horrible experience for CNN in Spanish
The man has no doubt that the authorities should be liable for the lack of security in the area, but first and foremost he's making the app accountable for the fatal shooting. "The application was responsible for everything. Waze was what led us to this situation. I have no doubt that they are responsible, but today I'm so out of me to even think about it ... but it is clear that the application presents problems, "he said.
"It's difficult to prevent drivers from navigating to a dangerous region if this is the destination selected because people who live in these areas need to get home," a spokeswoman from Waze said in an e-mail. Regina Murmura and her husband Francisco were using the GPS to meet their daughter for pizza in a nearby beach-side suburb, the couple used the app, thinking it would lead them to an avenue in Niteroi, a large city across the bay from Rio de Janeiro. However, it led them to another street of the same name in one of the city's most dangerous slum areas. After the couple drove onto the small road, twenty bullets rained down onto their car, a police spokesman said. It's believed the alleged attackers were drug traffickers working for the drug lord Rodrigo da Silva Rodrigues, also known as Tineném, who is currently wanted for murder in a separate case.
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