Murdered - because of an own goal!


On July 2, 1994, Colombian professional soccer player Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga…



... by the "fan" Humberto Muñoz Castro...





... shot dead in front of his house in Medellin...:



The murderer Humberto Muñoz Castro was a bodyguard and driver for powerful drug lords. He may have acted as a disappointed, angry fan or as a contract killer for the Colombian gambling mafia.

The reason for the murder was an own goal that Escobar scored on June 22, 1994 in the World Cup preliminary round match against the USA and which led to the elimination of the Colombian national team...:



120,000 people attended Escobar's funeral...:





His murderer Muñoz Castro was initially sentenced to 43 years in prison in June 1995, but was released in 2005 after eleven years for good behavior...: