Santiago Gallon, a notorious drug trafficker linked to the 1994 revenge killing of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar, has been found shot dead outside Mexico City.
Santiago Gallon, an alleged Colombian drug trafficker linked to the 1994 murder of footballer Andres Escobar, has been shot dead in Mexico.
Prosecutors found a body believed to be Gallon’s in Huixquilucan on Wednesday, currently undergoing forensic examination.
Gallon was previously implicated in the killing of Escobar, who was gunned down days after scoring an own goal that “destroyed the country’s international image.”
Escobar was shot six times outside a Medellin disco by Gallon’s driver, Humberto Munoz Castro, following a confrontation about the World Cup error.
While the driver confessed to the killing, he refused to implicate his bosses at the time.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed the death of Gallon, whose criminal history included financing paramilitary groups and deep ties to the nation’s powerful cartels.