Salvador Cabanas, a striker on Paraguay’s World Cup team, was attacked while in a bar in Mexico City, and suffered a bullet would to the head. The 29-year old was visiting with friends in what has been described as a nice establishment in a “well-off” neighborhood. The attack occurred in the early morning.
Salvador Cabanas, Striker On Paraguay’s World Cup Team, Shot In Head
“He was shot in the head,” prosecutor Miguel Angel Mancera, told the news channel Televisa. “According to an initial report it [the bullet] was a shot from a firearm with a frontal entry point and without exit.”
”We don’t clearly know the motive behind the injury ... The player is conscious but he has a heart problem which they’re trying to stabilise.
“We’re waiting to see what those arrested have to say. It seems that the attack happened in the bathroom of the bar.”
He underwent surgery Monday, but the doctors were unable to remove the bullet that is lodged in his skull. He is listed in critical but stable condition, but Dr. Ernesto Martinez added that it does not mean that Cabanas is out of “life-threatening danger.”
Club America president Michel Bauer is on record as saying the attack on Cabanas was unprovoked.
“He arrived conscious and responded well to the questions they asked him as he was going into hospital,” Bauer told Televisa. “It’s a key point that can be encouraging, but until further notice we cannot speculate on anything at all.
“They wanted to assault him. I can confirm that that is what his wife has said, that it was an assault. There was no shoot-out nor any quarrel.”
Cabanas has scored 18 goals in 24 matches for Primera División de México side Club America this season.
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