Three Colombian soccer players from the Once Caldas register, of the first division, were arrested for alleged extortion of a Spanish student whom They asked him for 500,000 pesos (108 dollars) to return a cell phone that they allegedly stole from him in previous days, the Police reported on Monday.
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“These people are left at the disposal of the competent authority“, which is the Prosecutor’s Office, in order to establish responsibility in the event, reported the commander of the Manizales Metropolitan Police, Diego Fontal Cornejo.
This authority pointed out that the responsible persons “Apparently they are members of the Once Caldas soccer team“.
The capture of the players took place on the night of Sunday, April 9, in the Cable Plaza Shopping Center, in the El Cable sector, in the capital of the department of Caldas.
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“The Gaula of the Metropolitan Police of Manizales manages to capture three people in flagrante, apparently for the crime of extortionFontal said.
These subjects “They demanded the sum of 500,000 pesos from a medical student (of Spanish nationality) in exchange for returning an iPhone cell phone that had been stolen days before“, he added.
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Despite the fact that the Police have not revealed names, the local local press says that it is about Santiago Mera, who has played several games with the professional team; Debinson Mateus, youth who has already been called up to the professional team; and Guy Esteban Garcia, youth that continues in the lower ranks of the club.
EFE
