Freddy Rincón intended to enter politics, according to former mayor

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This is how former teammates of the Colombian National Team fired Freddy RincónRené Higuita, Faustino Asprilla, Eduardo Niño, Adolfo ‘El tren’ Valencia, Óscar Córdoba, Alexis Mendoza and other members of the golden generation of Colombian football remembered their friend, partner and confidant.

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Édison Ruíz, a friend of the former soccer player, gave details of the “political dream” that Rincón would have had.

This Monday marks eight days of the serious traffic accident suffered by former soccer player Freddy Rincón. After the heartfelt tributes that were made in memory of the icon of the Colombian National Team, now all attention is focused on the investigation carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office on the conditions that led to his death.

Waiting for the investigating entity to specify the details about the chain of events that occurred between Sunday 10 and Monday 11 April, Rincón’s closest friends have said that the former soccer player spent most of Sunday at Harold Saa’s housesalsa musician who has been cataloged as one of Rincón’s ‘more brothers’.

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According to Vladimir Mosquera, one of the people who says he was at Saa’s house on Sunday, among the participants in the gathering of friends was Édinson Bioscar Ruíz, former mayor in charge of Buenaventura and also a man close to the former soccer player.

According to the newspaper ‘El País’, from Cali, Ruíz would have spoken in the last few hours about a subject that was little known: Rincón’s political intentions.

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‘The idea was for him to be part of the ‘U’ list for the Chamber

A photo that marked the history of Colombian Soccer, the famous Goal of Freddy Rincón who scored the equalizer against Germany in the 1990 World Cup.

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“The former councilman of Cali Édinson Bioscar Ruíz says that they had planned for Rincón to enter politics”reviewed the medium in question from the outset.

“The initial idea was that it be part of the list of La U for the Chamber, but since Catherine Ibargüen was launched, we prefer to wait”Ruiz would have said.

According to what is read in the text, the political plan could have a rematch in the future because “The proposal was that Rincón be a candidate for the Valley Assembly”.

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