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Olympic Weightlifter gunned down in southwest Colombia
written by Stephen Gill December 4, 2017
Colombia’s Olympic weightlifter Edwin Mosquera was shot dead in southwest Colombia on Saturday following an alleged altercation in a nightclub, reported local media Monday.
Mosquera, 32, who finished seventh in the 69kg of the Olympic games at Rio 2016 was shot multiple times in the knee and head at a bar in Palmira, Valle del Cauca.
Weightlifting federation Fedepesascol took to Twitter to express its sympathy to the family and friends of the Choco-born star who had worked as a professional soldier for 14 years in the Batallion of Engineers Agustin Codazzi.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/olympic-weightlifter-gunned-southwest-colombia/