{"id":64113,"date":"2026-02-06T20:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/suspect-killed-32-years-after-colombian-soccer-star-andres-escobar-murdered-following-mistake-in-game-against-u-s\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:46:01","slug":"suspect-killed-32-years-after-colombian-soccer-star-andres-escobar-murdered-following-mistake-in-game-against-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/suspect-killed-32-years-after-colombian-soccer-star-andres-escobar-murdered-following-mistake-in-game-against-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect killed 32 years after Colombian soccer star Andres Escobar murdered following mistake in game against U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A drug trafficker linked to the 1994 murder of Colombian soccer star Andr\u00e9s Escobar has been killed in Mexico, President Gustavo Petro said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Santiago Gallon Henao had been investigated in the death of Escobar, the Colombian national team&#8217;s central defender, who was gunned down in Medellin days after scoring an own goal in a match against the United States at the 1994 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The own goal contributed to Colombia&#8217;s first-round elimination from the tournament.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/a7c1d17e-fe5c-49f5-881a-ab0f69c378b5\/thumbnail\/620x414g8\/0759294fc4caeb75819ed0acf91af4c0\/gettyimages-1193886483.jpg#\" alt=\"FBL-WORLD CUP-1994-USA-COL \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/a7c1d17e-fe5c-49f5-881a-ab0f69c378b5\/thumbnail\/620x414g8\/0759294fc4caeb75819ed0acf91af4c0\/gettyimages-1193886483.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/a7c1d17e-fe5c-49f5-881a-ab0f69c378b5\/thumbnail\/1240x828g8\/09534e205488180fb62adb2e6e76f359\/gettyimages-1193886483.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Colombian defender Andres Escobar lies on the ground after scoring an own goal past goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba while trying to stop a shot from U.S. forward John Harkes during the World Cup first round soccer match on June 22, 1994 in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ROMEO GACAD\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 27-year-old&#8217;s murder shocked the soccer world and Colombia, which at the time was plagued by violence. Medellin was controlled by drug traffickers, with a murder rate of 380 per 100,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Gallon and his brother allegedly confronted Escobar at a nightclub on July 2, 1994, just 10 days after the own goal.<\/p>\n<p>The brothers&#8217; driver, Humberto Munoz Castro, admitted to shooting Escobar several times in the nightclub&#8217;s parking lot. According to eyewitnesses, Munoz shouted &#8220;goal!&#8221; each time he fired. He later confessed to the killing and was sentenced to prison. He got a 43-year sentence and was released after 11 years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebogotapost.com\/narclord-and-prime-suspect-of-killing-footballer-andres-escobar-caught\/26728\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the Bogota Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The men were thought to have lost heavily after betting on Colombia&#8217;s performance at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/petrogustavo\/status\/2019776710208577554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Petro said on X<\/a> that Gallon was killed Thursday in Mexico, and that he was responsible for Escobar&#8217;s killing.<\/p>\n<p>The soccer star&#8217;s murder &#8220;destroyed the country&#8217;s international image,&#8221; the leftist president said.<\/p>\n<p>Gallon was shot dead in a restaurant in Huixquilucan, a municipality in the state of Mexico, a source from the Toluca prosecutor&#8217;s office told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Gallon and his brother were investigated for obstruction of justice and spent 15 months in prison without being brought to trial.<\/p>\n<p>They were included in a <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jl0089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2015 U.S. Treasury Department blacklist<\/a> for drug trafficking, accused of being members of La Oficina de Envigado, a successor to drug kingpin <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pablo-escobars-ranch-cocaine-hippos-victims-colombia-armed-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pablo Escobar&#8217;s<\/a><\/span> Medellin Cartel.<\/p>\n<p>The 1991 murder of Escobar was chronicled in the ESPN documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/page2\/index\/_\/id\/5124716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The Two Escobars,&#8221;<\/a> which draws parallels between the soccer star and the international drug lord.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none 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