Alfredo Pacheco, a former Salvadoran international before being banned from the sport for life for his involvement in match fixing, was murdered on Sunday.

Pacheco, 33, was with a group of friends chatting in a petrol station when an unknown assailant shot at the group various times, authorities said.

Pacheco was a defender who played for the Salvadoran clubs Club Deportivo FAS and Asociacion Deportiva Isidro Metapan. He also played for the New York Red Bulls in the United States.

Pacheco was the player with the most caps for the El Salvador national team. He was banned from the sport in 2013 for match fixing.

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