Victims describe ‘bias-motivated attack’ at Aurora gas station

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Eduardo Salazar and Jaurbres Garcia said they have only been in the U.S. from their native Colombia for less than a year.

The two have known each other for more than 15 years. They said they are here to get an education and start a career, but what witnesses and police have described as a “bias-motivated attack” against them has left both afraid for their lives in a new country.

“We just went to that store as customers to buy gasoline,” Garcia said.

“He started yelling and yelling and when I started leaving he started pushing me,” Salazar said.

When Garcia saw his friend being attacked by a man on a visit to an Aurora gas station last Tuesday, it was…