Does Lionel Messi find himself in spite of himself linked to shots that took place on the night of Wednesday to Thursday in Rosario? In the hometown of the PSG striker, located in the north of Argentina, a business belonging to his in-laws was in any case targeted by shots, with a threatening message mentioning the captain of Albiceleste, come in any case to announce the authorities. According to the police, 14 bullet holes were identified on the metal front of a supermarket, which was closed, as well as casings on the ground and a cardboard sign with a handwritten inscription: “Messi we are waiting for you, Javkin is a narco, he won’t take care of you”.
A witness confirmed seeing two men on a motorbike shortly before 3 a.m., one of them getting off to shoot and throw the box before fleeing. No one was hurt. The mayor of Rosario (320 km northwest of Buenos Aires) Pablo Javkin confirmed to the press that the business belonged to the Roccuzzo family, in-laws of Lionel Messi, who is married to Antonela Roccuzzo.
Rosario, the most dangerous city in Argentina
“What they are looking for here is the repercussion, it is very treacherous, estimated Pablo Javkin. What news goes viral faster than an attack on Messi? It’s very easy for any band to do that. The deputy head of a regional police unit, Ivan Gonzalez, also said on Cadena 3 television that the message was “not a threat”, but an act intended “to attract attention”.
Third largest city in Argentina and major river port on the Parana, Rosario has become in recent years a hotspot for drug trafficking in Argentina, and little by little the most dangerous city in the country, with 287 homicides in 2022. The authorities refer regularly the responsibility for the means committed and the involvement of the security forces to combat the scourge, between the centrist mayor of the city, the left-wing governor of the province and the national authorities.