Tragedy in Uruguayan football. Uruguayan striker Mathías Acuña committed suicide in the room he was occupying in a hotel in the Ecuadorian city of Ambato, as announced this Saturday by the life president of the Musuch Runa club, Luis Alfonso Chango.
“We were talking today with the player’s businessman Acuña, but we were surprised that he took his own life,” Chango told the newspaper. The Universefrom the port city of Guayaquil.
family problems
The manager added that he had learned, through social networks, about the family problems that the 34-year-old scorer was having.
Mushuc Runa today expressed his condolences to the family and loved ones of the player, who was signed last year and became one of the club’s figures in the 2024 Pro League by scoring 8 goals in 15 games.
In addition, the entity qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.
Your wish
On Friday, upon his arrival in the Andean city of Ambato, where his club has scheduled the start of the new preseason, Acuña expressed his desire to have an outstanding year.
However, on December 23, he was accused by his ex-partner of alleged physical and psychological abuse.
After the accusation and while the investigation was being carried out, Acuña had to wear an electronic shackle.
“They do it as a precautionary measure, not because they are guilty. In this country the laws are like this: They put the anklet (tracking device) on you for everything that happened previously in other cases and so that they (the judicial servants) have control; but I repeat, not because I am guilty.”
His statements about the anklet
The footballer said that the electronic anklet has given him “peace of mind,” because his ex-partner will not be able to invent a possible illegal approach, and because it has helped him “end this toxic relationship of years.”
“I am calm, surrounded by my people who know me and know that I have never violated anyone. I have two female daughters and I want them to be respected and cared for as they should, I was born of a woman, I have nothing more to say,” he had said.
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