Narco Linked to Andrés Escobar’s Murder Killed in Mexico

A new development has surfaced in one of Colombia’s most infamous chapters: a drug trafficker tied to the 1994 murder of soccer star Andrés Escobar has been slain. President Gustavo Petro announced that Santiago Gallón, a figure long suspected of Escobar’s killing, was murdered in Mexico. The news has raised questions about what Gallón was doing abroad and how his violent end unfolded. It also rekindles painful memories of the tragedy that shook Colombia’s soccer world decades ago—an event that still casts a long shadow.