:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/Q2PIRMABZVG6TES2XBJJPQZGHM.JPG "Antony el Pipa De Ávila, legend of América de Cali, arrested in Italy for drug trafficking")
Italian media recorded the arrest of one of the idols of the Cali America and former player of the Colombian national team Antony ‘the smurf’ from Ávila in the city of Naples. The capture order against the footballer originates from the 2001 when he was allegedly charged by the international drug production and trafficking.
At the time of arrest, Antony was accompanied by two Neapolitan drug dealers with which he had been related and investigated years ago. According to the Italian media, the meeting would have the purpose of resuming contacts between the Colombian and the traffickers.
The name of the ‘smurf’ appears on a 2001 investigation that led to the disintegration of a criminal group that imported large quantities of drugs from the Netherlands and then resold them to Criminal organizations. That time the footballer spent a few weeks in prison, but before the Lack of evidence that they linked him was released so the former player decided to return to the country. Three years later, new evidence allowed the authorities to dictate precautionary measures against him.
The Colombian player would have to pay a 12-year sentence imprisonment for the crime of international drug trafficking. In Italy they remember Antony de Avila as an important Colombian footballer who came to play two World Cups: United States 94 and France 98. In addition, they brought to mind the footballer’s dedication to the Cali Cartel boss, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, after a victory in the last soccer World Cup played by the athlete.
Antony de Avila played 582 games with the Cali America and he scored 208 goals in 16 seasons, making him the institution’s top scorer. In addition, he played in Union from Argentina, Metro Stars from the United States and Barcelona SC from Ecuador. The ‘smurf’ is the player with the most goals in the Vallecaucano Classic with 19 annotations and it is the sixth historic scorer of the Copa Libertadores with 29 points.
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