International Soccer
Lionel Scaloni’s brother is investigated for alleged crimes of extortion and threats
In Buenos Aires, the brother of the Argentine National Team coach, Lionel Scaloni, was detained on March 14 for alleged crimes of extortion and coercive threats.
Lionel Scaloni during the match once morest Brazil on November 21 at the Maracaná. Free Press Photo (AFP)
Mauro Scaloni, brother of the Argentine coach and World Champion in Qatar 2022, Lionel Scaloni, He is being investigated by the police for alleged crimes of extortion and coercive threatsas official sources informed EFE this Thursday.
“The City Police detained (detained) this morning a brother of the coach of the Argentine soccer team, Lionel Scaloni, in front of the United States Embassy, in the Palermo neighborhood in Buenos Aires“police sources told EFE.
The charges respond to a lawsuit that orders the arrest in a case being carried out by prosecutor Viviana O’Connell in the Investigation and Trial Unit of Santa Fe, an Argentine province where the family of the leader of the ‘Scaloneta’ is from.
The relative of the former Lazio, Deportivo de la Coruña and Mallorca player was detained by the agents when he was on duty at the US diplomatic headquarters to obtain a visa for his wife.
Unlike other investigators in the case, Scaloni was not detained at the moment by the authoritiessince they did not have a court order.
The Police explained to the accused the crimes for which he is being investigated, and seized his cell phone for the investigation.
Scaloni’s relative He played, like him, in Estudiantes de La Plata and many times he accompanied the current albiceleste coach in his career as a footballer.
In fact, when Lionel signed for the Galician team Mauro would also sign with the sports entity, with which he would not play any minutes, although he did play for Fabril, a subsidiary of the A Coruña team.
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