Panamanian soccer player, Amilcar Henriquez, has been murdered in the country’s Colon province, police in Panama are reporting.
They say the 33-year-old midfielder was leaving his home last Saturday when a gunman shot him several times. Henriquez was taken to a nearby public hospital where he died.
Two people were also shot and wounded during the incident.
President Juan Carlos Varela condemned the killing on his Twitter account and called for
authorities in Colon to hunt down the murderers.
Henriquez was a member of Panama’s national team and played the last 10 minutes of their recent
CONCACAF World Cup qualifier against the United States last month. The game ended 1-1.
He played club soccer for Panamanian giants Arabe Unido and started both legs of their CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final defeat to FC Dallas earlier this year.
