Extortion investigation: Lionel Scaloni’s brother arrested in Argentina

Coup d’état in Argentina. Mauro José Scaloni, brother of Lionel, coach of the Argentine national team and current world champion coach, was arrested during the day on Thursday.

The 47-year-old relative of the former footballer was going to do administrative procedures at the United States embassy. , located in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires. According to Argentine media, he had an appointment at the American diplomatic headquarters to obtain his wife’s visa.

In this directionMunicipal Police officers arrested him because he is involved in a case for extortion and coercive threats. in a case against him that is being conducted by the Santa Fe Investigation and Trial Unit, and is in charge of Rosario prosecutor Viviana O’Connell.

As reported in the trans-Andean country, the procedure took place amid eleven raids in different points such as Rosario, Zavalla, Pujado and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA). The technician’s brother was searched without success. However, agents found information that Scaloni was heading to the U.S. Embassy, ​​leading to the collaboration of municipal police.

It is worth mentioning that the former footballer was apprehended only because, unlike other people involved in the case who were arrested, the local authorities do not have a valid judicial decision to arrest him.

Mauro José Scaloni is two years older than his brother Lionel, with whom he grew up in Pujato. Both started in football at Club Atlético Sportivo Matienzo , one of two teams in the small town of around 4,000 inhabitants. Thanks to Ángel, their father and representative, they remained united for years, both emotionally and physically, since they shared a dressing room on several occasions: the negotiations around the little one always involved the eldest.

They were trained in the lower divisions of Newell’s Old Boys, with a very marked difference in their success. While the youngest made his debut 16 days after turning 17, the oldest was only part of the reserves.

A year later, both were free and went to Estudiantes de La Plata, where something similar happened. . Lionel established himself in the first team and was even selected for the under-20s, winning the World Cup in Malaysia in 1997. Mauro, for his part, remained in the reserves.

The success of the minor led them to take the plunge towards Europe. Surprisingly, both signed for Deportivo La Coruña. However, while one shone, the other was relegated to Deportivo Fabril, a subsidiary that played in Second B and where he stayed for nine years. . Lionel, for his part, shone in the “Super Depor”, establishing himself as an idol and a captain. He wore the Galician team’s jersey 301 times and won four titles: a League, a Copa del Rey and two Super Cups.

The youngest continues his career and the oldest retires. In recent years, he has devoted himself to agricultural activity, more specifically to the wheat sector. In fact, he does it in the family fields located on the outskirts of Pujato, where he also devotes himself to livestock. Additionally, according to reports in Argentina, he actively collaborates with Matienzo, the club where he was born.