Salvadoran soccer is in mourning after the shooting of defender Alfredo Pacheco in his native country.
El Salvador's most-capped footballer Alfredo Pacheco has been shot dead, the office of the country's attorney general has confirmed.
Pacheco, 33, was talking with friends at a gas station in the city of Santa Ana when he was gunned down by an unknown assailant in the early hours of Sunday morning. Two other people were injured and taken to the hospital.
“The attorney general’s office in Santa Ana processed the crime scene of the murder of Alfredo Pacheco at 3.