He was at the celebrations of the Argentine National Team at the Monumental and died in the middle of a shootout

Gilberto Hernández, defender of Panama who was present at the festivities of the Argentine National Team in the stadium Monumental in March of this year died at age 26 in the middle of a shooting which was registered in the province of Colon.

The footballer of Independent Athletic Club (CAI) of the Panamanian league was in a group of six people when he was riddled with bullets by two men who they got out of a taxi and started shooting.

In addition to the death ofand Hernandez, what happened left eight injured as a balance. “We have already begun the investigative acts tending to be able to clarify these facts,” said the homicide prosecutor of Colon, David Medina.

The club statement

“We join the pain of his children, family and friends. He flies high, leader and two-time champion,” the club said through its social networks after confirming the news of the death of the defender, who had been part of the Panama team in the friendly match that was held in March at the Monumental to celebrate the conquest of AArgentina in the World Cup in Qatar.

For his part, the victim’s father stated in a recent interview that he “forgave the murderers, but asked that they turn themselves in”, and that, furthermore, he demanded that the authorities “put an end to so much violence”.

It is worth specifying that The city of Colón is one of the poorest and most troubled in the country and its streets are witness to constant fights between gangs, settling of scores and homicidesspecifies TyC Sports.

That’s it It is the third most violent town in Panama with 14% of the 49 registered homicides last January, according to statistics from the Public ministry (MP, Prosecutor’s Office).

Meanwhile, the Caribbean country closed 2022 with a total of 501 homicide victimsbelow 550 in 2021. 21% of the crimes registered last year in the country occurred in Colonaccording to the Prosecutor’s Office.