The niece of Spanish Football
Federation president Angel Maria Villar has been killed by kidnappers in
Mexico.
She had been snatched at a cashpoint one week ago and was
murdered despite her family paying the ransom.
It is thought that the kidnappers took her to several ATMs but
failed to withdraw enough money so they contacted the woman's family.
The revelation came just days after the football boss, RFEF
president since 1988 and a former Athletic Bilbao and Spain midfielder,
withdrew from the UEFA presidential election.
Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel
Garcia-Margallo confirmed the news during an interview in New York on a
Spanish-language radio programme.
He said: “The kidnappers
visited several cashpoints that night and called her family the following day
and the family contacted us.
“The ransom demand had been paid, albeit an amount below what
was being asked for, and we were sure that sooner or later she would appear
safe and sound.
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