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A Mexican American soccer player’s teammates came through for him one last time, allowing the 16-year-old boy who was murdered in Mexico to score a final goal at their favorite spot.
Alexander Martinez went out to buy a soda on Tuesday and was reportedly shot in the head and killed by police in a case of mistaken identity. He was a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico and had returned to the country from the U.S. four years ago to live with his mother, per the Associated Press. His father lives in North Carolina.
At Martinez’s funeral on Thursday in his home village of Vicente Camalote, more than a dozen of his soccer teammates brought him to the plaza where they used to play. One kicked the ball at the wooden coffin, directing it so that it went past a standing goalie, and all of the players mobbed the casket to say a farewell.