The former Argentine soccer player Lucas Ignacio Pires He died during a street fight in the province of Buenos Aires and his brother, who is a fugitive, is the main suspect, after a video of the moment of the attack that occurred on the 6th was revealed this Tuesday.
The former club player Admiral Brown29, suffered last Friday, with the edge of a glass bottle, a deep wound to his right forearm that affected one of his arteries and caused fatal bleeding, after an argument on a public street in the town of Rafael Castillo, in La Matanza (province of Buenos Aires).
The murder was recorded by a nearby security camera, whose images were published this Tuesday by the journalist German Monaco on their social networks and later replicated by Argentine media, and would reinforce the hypothesis that the attack was committed by his brother, who has remained a fugitive since Friday.
Judicial investigation in progress
The investigation was carried out by the La Matanza Homicide Prosecutor’s Office, which conducts Prosecutor Adrián Arribasand in the last hours he ordered raids to find the accused.
The news generated shock in the local football environment. Pires had played as striker at Almirante Brown between 2015 and 2016, period in which he played eight games and scored a goal.
“The Almirante Brown Club regrets the death of Lucas Pires, a former player of the institution. We accompany his family and loved ones in this moment of pain”expressed the club on its X social network account.
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Fans, former teammates and other people linked to Argentine football joined in the farewell messages, while Justice continues with the search for the suspect and the clarification of the fact.
