Édgar García de Dios
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Édgar García de Dios was a Mexican
soccer player who had previously played professionally for Atlante and Tecos. He was shot at close range while in a taxi cab in Naucalpan. Shot by seven bullets, he died instantly. The motives of the killing are not clear.
Edgar Arturo Garcia made his debut with Atlante F.C.
in the Mexican First Division
in the 1995-1996 season as a forward. He then moved to play in Toluca, and Verano. After a brief season in LASK Linz
in Second Division in Austria
, he returned for season 2000-2001 to play with Tecos.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
soccer player who had previously played professionally for Atlante and Tecos. He was shot at close range while in a taxi cab in Naucalpan. Shot by seven bullets, he died instantly. The motives of the killing are not clear.
Edgar Arturo Garcia made his debut with Atlante F.C.
Atlante F.C.
Club de Fútbol Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing in the Mexican First Division League. The club is based in Cancún, Mexico as of the start of the 2007-08 season, when they relocated from Mexico City, and plays its home games in Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.-Domestic...
in the Mexican First Division
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
in the 1995-1996 season as a forward. He then moved to play in Toluca, and Verano. After a brief season in LASK Linz
LASK Linz
LASK Linz is an Austrian association football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club hailing from that region, and currently plays in the Austrian Football First League. The club's colours are black and white...
in Second Division in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, he returned for season 2000-2001 to play with Tecos.