Former El Salvador footballer Pacheco murdered

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Former El Salvador footballer Pacheco murdered

SAN SALVADOR: -- Former El Salvador national team footballer Alfredo Pacheco has been shot dead, officials say.

A man approached Pacheco, 33, and fired several shots at a petrol station in the city of Santa Ana, 76km (47 miles) west of the capital San Salvador.

Police say two other people were injured in the attack, the motive of which is being investigated.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35187900


-- BBC 2015-12-28

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Sad news, this is the second such instance of this happening in that region in the last few weeks. Honduras internationalist Arnold Perelta was shot dead less than 3 weeks ago.