Uruguay: Man jailed for stabbing driver after traffic row, drugs found

A man in Maldonado, Uruguay, received a sentence of two years and ten months in prison for stabbing another driver following a traffic argument. The incident occurred on July 10, when police responded to a report of a person injured by a bladed weapon.

Upon arrival, officers from the Mobile Police Response Unit (URPM) spoke with the victim, who explained that the driver of another vehicle attacked him with a bladed weapon after a traffic dispute. The injured party was taken to a health center for treatment.

Shortly after, the alleged assailant, identified as 32-year-old Diego Domínguez Dávila, who has prior criminal convictions, presented himself at a police station. A search of his vehicle revealed two bladed weapons, several packets containing a white substance, and a precision scale. Subsequent tests confirmed the substance was cocaine.

The Prosecutor's Office led the case, and the man was brought before the Fourth Court. He was convicted as the perpetrator of aggravated serious injury and supplying prohibited narcotic substances, to be served concurrently. The court imposed the prison sentence.