Chimy Ávila’s crude story about the murder of three relatives: “They were killed with a machine gun from a motorcycle”

Ezequiel Chemistry Avila stands for redemption at 29. The Rosario striker has become a benchmark for health after resuming competition after suffering ligament ruptures on both legs in less than a year. A year 2020 which will remain marked in the memory of the footballer not only because of his physical problems but also for a family murder.

In dialogue with the magazine Doll, the footballer opened his heart and discovered one of the most intimate aspects of his life by talking about what was the murder of his brother-in-law, his partner and his daughter, as well as the harsh reality that lives in his hometown, Empalme Graneros, northwest of Rosario.

“Five days after the first knee operation (January 2020), I was with my feet on the chair and they called us to tell us that They had killed my 20-year-old brother-in-law, his wife and the one-year-old girl. Three, with a submachine gun, from a motorcycle. In the neighborhood,” said the Osasuna striker.

At a time when the coronavirus was spreading strongly around the world, Ávila said he had to dismiss them via video call: “The only one who could travel was my wife, who had to dress the one-year-old niece inside the coffin and her brother, of course. It hit us very hard. Our lives were totally changed because he was like our son.”

Ávila was born and raised in a neighborhood where conflicts, bad encounters and daily deaths reigned, however, in this regard, he recognized that he was not afraid to return. “But my family always tells me: “Maybe one day you come back and the one you hit in a bowling alley ten years ago, now he’s crazy in the head, drugged and he’s shooting you.” As much as you’re famous or whatever.

In this line, the striker who was in Barcelona’s orbit on several occasions, assured that in his neighborhood “There are no codes or laws”. “They shoot you in front of your daughter and that’s it. It’s ugly, because what else would I want for my daughters to play in the pasture where I used to play on rainy days”.

“Dangerous neighborhoods? Dangerous was mine, in which They don’t even forgive a one-year-old girl.”he said, adding: “I see a lot of players going home and being with their childhood friends. I can’t go there because you don’t know if they’re going to kill you at any moment. “

For his part, the former San Lorenzo player was angry with his detractors: “It hurts me very much when people judge you without knowing what you have been through. Some say: “The player wins millions. Yes but I I give you the millions I have and you give me back my brother-in-law. Because every day I see my wife crying.

At the same time, he recalled his past and reflected, “People are confused because they think having a gun in their hands is the best way to go. I’ve worn guns on my waist and you think you’re a superhero and no you’re not.

“You don’t own another’s life. You can’t go around taking lives or say: “I have money and I will always pay to kill someone”. Because? I don’t know, but it’s the reality”, he added.

In this sense, he also referred to the famous “account” and to the fact that revenge is an endless question:

“Reality, that’s it. ‘You paid to have my brother killed and I will pay more to have your father killed’. So always. It’s an endless cycle. Because on top of that, the new generations are growing up knowing everything that happened. This one killed my father’s father and now I’ve grown up and I’m going to get revenge.”

Although he could not do anything to change this tragic episode that occurred in 2020, on a sporting level he managed to reverse the situation after suffering one of the most serious injuries for footballers. Today, Ávila is his team’s top scorer and has accumulated seven goals in 18 games. His next presentation will be neither more nor less than against Real Madrid on Saturday February 18 at El Sadar.