ORAn alleged player agent was arrested on Wednesday by the Spanish Police in the town of Arrasate, accused of several crimes against the rights of 25 Colombian soccer players. some of them minors, and documentary falsification.
The alleged businessman promised to turn the players into professionals in Spain “in exchange for financial benefits.”
Police reported on Friday that The detainee’s partner, 39, is also being investigated. This person also acted with another man who worked as a coach in Colombia and “it helped him recruit boys,” as revealed by the Efe agency.
“The alleged soccer players’ agent housed the young people in several apartments in Arrasate, in each of which between ten and twelve victims lived together. The investigation began last April, when two young Colombians reported the situation they were suffering in Spain,” says the cable.
This is how they tricked the players into taking them to Spain, according to the Police
The statement issued by the Police explains that several of the young players had traveled with the promise of playing for different soccer teams in the Spanish region of the Basque Country.
The supposed project that intended to bring footballers to Spain was called “The House of Dreams” and was promoted on social networks. It was presented as “an agency that works to fulfill the dream of many footballers of playing in Spain”, and not only with Colombians, but also with Mexicans.
“The Police located twenty-five young Colombians who ‘had disbursed significant amounts of money’, while detecting that three Basque football clubs ‘had also been victims of this deception,'” adds Efe.
The accused gave them “a document inviting the boys to train and play on the team for three months”, which is “the maximum period allowed for a stay in Spain”, to make them believe that there was a club from that region interested in them, according to this source.
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