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Referee José Amaya dies after beating fans | Other Soccer Leagues

Sad news was reported in El Salvador, where The death of referee José Arnoldo Amaya was confirmed, who was brutally assaulted when he was directing a non-federated league match.

“Fesfut condemns, regrets and rejects the physical aggression with a fatal result in humanity against referee José Arnoldo Amaya, by pseudo-fans and players during a match he was directing at the Toluca stadium in San Salvador,” the entity said in a statement.

Referee Amaya, 63, who belonged to the National Association of Soccer Referees of El Salvador (AAFES), according to Fesfut, “was brutally attacked” and was later transferred to a state hospital where “as a result of the forceful injuries he died “.

There is a person arrested for these facts. “Juan Manuel Cruz Lorenzana was captured for the homicide of referee José Arnoldo Amaya,” the National Civil Police (PNC) reported on Twitter, explaining that “he hit the victim and injured him until he died” last Sunday in the Toluca field, in the northern sector of San Salvador.

“This criminal (Cruz) has a profile as a gunman within the gang called Mao Mao, it is a reflection of what these terrorist groups did to our Salvadoran people,” said Justice and Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro.

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