El Salvador This article is more than 8 years oldEl Salvador footballer Alfredo Pacheco shot deadThis article is more than 8 years oldNational side’s most capped player, who was banned for life for match-fixing, murdered in shooting at petrol station
A footballer who played for the El Salvador national side before being banned for life for match-fixing, has been murdered, the Salvadorian attorney general’s office has said.
Alfredo Pacheco, 33, was with a group of friends chatting in a petrol station on Sunday when an unknown assailant opened fire on the group.
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