By Daniel Ojukwu
Panama international defender, Gilberto Hernandez was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Caribbean city of Colon on Monday, police authourities confirmed.
Police said, Hernandez, who won two caps for Panama in March this year, including a friendly against Lionel Messi’s Argentina, died Sunday after shots were fired from a passing car.
Six other people were injured in the shooting.
Crime rates in Colon, around 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Panama City, have surged in what authorities attribute to fighting between rival drug gangs.
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