El Salvador's Most-Capped Footballer Shot Dead

El Salvador's most-capped football player Alfredo Pacheco has been shot dead at a petrol station, authorities have said. The 33-year-old, who
was banned for life for match-fixing in 2013, was with a group of
friends chatting in the petrol station when an unknown assailant
shot at the group several times. Two friends who were
travelling with Pacheco were hurt in the attack, which took place in
Santa Ana, 66km west of the capital San Salvador.
"The attorney general's office in Santa Ana processed the crime scene of the murder of
Alfredo Pacheco at 3.30am in a petrol station,"
an official said.
Pacheco was a defender who played for the
Salvadoran clubs Club Deportivo FAS and
Asociacion Deportiva Isidro Metapan. He also
played for the New York Red Bulls in the US.
Pacheco was a national hero until he was
banned for match-fixing
Pacheco earned 86 caps for his country, making
him the player with the most caps for the
national squad.
But he was banned from the sport by the
Salvadoran soccer federation in September 2013
when it was found he had been involved in
match fixing.
El Salvador has seen its murder rate rocket this
year, with homicides up 55% compared with last
year. So far this year, there have been 6,068
murders, according to police data.

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