http://www.sportsrubbish.com/2009/10/26/soccer/entire-colombian-soccer-team-murdered/
Ten members of an amateur Colombian soccer team called Los Maniceros (The Peanut Vendors) have been found dead in Venezuela.
The team had been missing since October 11th after traveling to
Chururu for a match. On that day, police say 25 armed men stormed the
field and “asked the referee for the list of players on the Los
Maniceros team, called out the players’ names, lined them up and took
them to an unknown destination.”
On Saturday, 10 bodies were found in various locations around the
area. One “lucky” player managed to survive the ordeal, but had been
shot in the neck and is still recovering in a hospital.
Venezuelan Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon Carrizalez
blamed the attack on Colombians who were intent on taking an internal
conflict across the border, while Colombian President Alvaro Uribe
blamed terrorists and vowed his country’s cooperation. The National
Liberation Army (ELN) is currently the prime suspect.
Whoever did it, there are going to be some scared soccer teams in
that region due to the apparent randomness of this attack. Prominent
teams might expect to be targeted for kidnappings because of their
status, but an amateur team of peanut vendors is hardly wealthy or
influential.
Ten members of an amateur Colombian soccer team called Los Maniceros (The Peanut Vendors) have been found dead in Venezuela.
The team had been missing since October 11th after traveling to
Chururu for a match. On that day, police say 25 armed men stormed the
field and “asked the referee for the list of players on the Los
Maniceros team, called out the players’ names, lined them up and took
them to an unknown destination.”
On Saturday, 10 bodies were found in various locations around the
area. One “lucky” player managed to survive the ordeal, but had been
shot in the neck and is still recovering in a hospital.
Venezuelan Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon Carrizalez
blamed the attack on Colombians who were intent on taking an internal
conflict across the border, while Colombian President Alvaro Uribe
blamed terrorists and vowed his country’s cooperation. The National
Liberation Army (ELN) is currently the prime suspect.
Whoever did it, there are going to be some scared soccer teams in
that region due to the apparent randomness of this attack. Prominent
teams might expect to be targeted for kidnappings because of their
status, but an amateur team of peanut vendors is hardly wealthy or
influential.
