Major Soccer Team’s Coach Is Kidnapped

Major Soccer Team’s Coach Is Kidnapped

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L.A. Times Archives July 21, 2005 12 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! Print From Times Wire Reports


Heavily armed kidnappers snatched the Argentine coach of one of Mexico’s biggest soccer teams in broad daylight, police said.


Police said they had few clues about who abducted Ruben Omar Romano, coach of Cruz Azul. The kidnappers blocked a road and grabbed him from his car Tuesday after a training session in Mexico


City.


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