San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Football is Honduras is dotted with new acts of corruption after the former referee Omar Leiva, he revealed bribery attempts of which it was the subject a few years ago.
Two days after his controversial statements, the line judge reported today that he decided to leave Honduras after Thursday afternoon., Received death threats following his accusations.
“What was expected to come, I am living in my own flesh, so I made the decision to leave the country for my own safety and yesterday I had a very strong threat. A black van crossed,” said Omar Leivar in statements given on the International Radio Sports Panorama program.
The assistant referee gave details of the threat he received and noted that he fears for his life and that of his family.
“I looked at the muerte.Bajaron the glass and its occupants told me, stop this garbage and they left quickly, I felt death, but God protected me at this time, I am alive because God is great and he kept me with my family, ”he indicated.
Leiva did not hide the pain of having to leave her relatives and leave Honduran territory.
“For our own safety I can’t say the place I will go to, it hurts me to leave my loved ones. Leaving this career in my country, but everything falls by its own weight. They have exposed me more than I already was, I just tell them they will be marked, have dignity and give up, stop this “.
Eventually the line judge invited him to his fellow referees to denounce the acts of corruption.
“I invite referees who know things and have evidence, to stop this. Let’s talk head on, our lives and those of my family are in danger, I put on my backpack bravely. Gunmen have grabbed them by the neck in the dressing rooms, they just lowered their heads, that’s enough “, He said.
complaint
Omar Leiva’s complaint is that people from one of the teams that were playing in the final of the 2013-2014 Opening in Tocoa, Colom, who played it Royal Society v. Real Spain, offered them $ 10,000.
“I’m focused on my teammates, they called me on my phone and I said, ‘Gentlemen, I’m sorry, I can’t accept these things, I’m just going to do my job, I’m a professional. I’m not going to accept them, but I’m not going to affect them either ‘. They told me, ‘ok, you don’t want your family’, and they cut me off from the call. This is serious“, Denounced the referee catracho.
“I took this money on Monday when I came back, what they left lying around, and I went to get my friend who used it and I talked to his father and I told him, ‘He exposed me and I’m coming back this money . It was $ 10,000, five thousand for engineer Oscar Velasquez — five thousand for me. Thank God I had the courage to tell them and let them take it after the final. “
Leiva did not want to involve his two remaining teammates who whistled this match, which was led by Melvin Matamoros as principal and Erick Andino as fourth referee.