(UTV|COLOMBO) – Narciso Elvira, a Mexican retired Major League Baseball player, has been killed in his home state of Veracruz.
Elvira, 52, was shot dead along with his 20-year-old son. No arrests have been made, but police suspect criminals were behind the shooting.
Elvira began his major-league career as a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1990. He later played in South Korea and Japan, before retiring as a farmer.
Elvira had been targeted by Mexican gangs before; he was kidnapped in 2015.
Police freed him 23 days after he was seized by men who said they belonged to the Gulf cartel, a criminal organisation in Veracruz. They found him chained to a tree.
