[Sport-The farewell of the football world to Morro García

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Commotion in Argentine football: Santiago Morro García, a figure of Godoy Cruz, was found dead The Uruguayan forward of Tomba took his life in his department in Mendoza. He was 30 years old
February 6, 2021
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El Morro García was found dead in his apartment (Fotobaires)
El Morro García was found dead in his apartment (Fotobaires)
A news shook Argentine and South American football. In the morning hours, Santiago García was found dead. The 30-year-old forward, a historic Godoy Cruz player who arrived at the Mendoza club in 2016, had a contract with the institution until June of this year but had been removed from the professional squad by order of President José Manzur.

The Uruguayan soccer player, who was under psychiatric treatment, was found without vital signs in his apartment, located on the 11th floor of the El Bosque complex, on Hipólito Yrigoyen street at 148 in the Godoy Cruz neighborhood. The homicide prosecutor of the province Claudia Ríos was in charge of the case.

According to the Mendoza newspaper El Sol, in the absence of answers - he did not answer calls or messages - a friend of the forward called 911 and went to the home with a locksmith to enter Garcia's house. Once a group of friends and police personnel were able to access the apartment, they found the body of the striker on his bed and shot in the head.

Prosecutor Ríos, who is carrying out the investigation, avoided giving details about whether they found any kind of message in the department but she clarified: “Everything was in order at the place. He was on the bed and from what has been advanced scientist with a shot from a firearm in the right parietal, and next to him a 22 ″ caliber weapon.

In December 2020, Manzur himself had expressed his dissatisfaction with the present of García, Tomba's top scorer in the First Division. “You cannot be a leader and not go to the gym, not comply with the weight regimens, be in the red with all the measurements. Unfortunately there is a problem of personal interrelation that the boys have to be supported, encouraged, raised their ego and you cannot tear it down. There is a situation of players who have not complied professionally, if they do not comply they cannot be, "said the head of Godoy Cruz.