Faustino Asprilla claims he stopped Pablo Escobar hitman killing rival footballer Jose Luis Chilavert

Former Premier League star ­Faustino Asprilla has told how he stopped a rival player being killed by a Pablo Escobar hitman.

The Newcastle United legend claimed the drug baron’s feared gang had offered to murder ­Paraguay ­goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert.

It came after Colombian Asprilla had a fight with the goalie during a 1997 World Cup qualifier in Paraguayan capital Asuncion.

The 50-year-old said he got a call from assassin Julio Cesar Correa Valdes, dubbed Fierro,...
source: Daily Record

2019-11-14 07:20

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