Lionel Scaloni's brother is being investigated for alleged extortion and coercive threats

Mauro Scalonibrother of the Argentine coach and World Champion in Qatar 2022, Lionel Scaloni, 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 of Buenos Aires“police sources told EFE.

The charges respond to a judicial demand 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 He was detained by the agents when he had a shift at the US diplomatic headquarters to obtain a visa for his wife.

Unlike others investigated in the case, Scaloni was not detained by the authorities at this time, since they did not have a court order.

The Police explained to the accused the crimes for which he is being investigated, and He confiscated his cell phone for the investigation.

Scaloni’s relative played, like him, in Estudiantes de La Plata and many times 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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