Suspect in 1994 murder of Colombian soccer star killed in Mexico

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A cause trafficker linked to the 1994 execution of Colombian shot prima Andrés Escobar has been killed successful Mexico, President Gustavo Petro said Friday.

Santiago Gallon Henao had been investigated successful the decease of Escobar, the Colombian nationalist team's cardinal defender, who was gunned down successful Medellin days aft scoring an ain extremity successful a lucifer against the United States astatine the 1994 World Cup.

The ain extremity contributed to Colombia's first-round elimination from the tournament.

The 27-year-old's execution shocked the shot satellite and Colombia, which astatine the clip was plagued by violence. Medellin was controlled by cause traffickers, with a execution complaint of 380 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Gallon and his member allegedly confronted Escobar astatine a nightclub connected July 2, 1994, conscionable 10 days aft the ain goal.

The brothers' driver, Humberto Munoz Castro, admitted to shooting Escobar respective times successful the nightclub's parking lot. According to eyewitnesses, Munoz shouted "goal!" each clip helium fired. He aboriginal confessed to the sidesplitting and was sentenced to prison. He got a 43-year condemnation and was released aft 11 years, according to the Bogota Post.

The men were thought to person mislaid heavy aft betting connected Colombia's show astatine the World Cup.

Petro said connected X that Gallon was killed Thursday successful Mexico, and that helium was liable for Escobar's killing.

The shot star's execution "destroyed the country's planetary image," the leftist president said.

Gallon was changeable dormant successful a edifice successful Huixquilucan, a municipality successful the authorities of Mexico, a root from the Toluca prosecutor's bureau told AFP.

Gallon and his member were investigated for obstruction of justness and spent 15 months successful situation without being brought to trial.

They were included successful a 2015 U.S. Treasury Department blacklist for cause trafficking, accused of being members of La Oficina de Envigado, a successor to cause kingpin Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel.

The 1991 execution of Escobar was chronicled successful the ESPN documentary "The Two Escobars," which draws parallels betwixt the shot prima and the planetary cause lord.