Colombia - Funeral Of Soccer Player Escobar

(4 Jul 1994) Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar, shot dead after his team’s World Cup failure, was buried on Sunday (3/7) after a crowded ceremony at a local sports stadium. Colombian President Cesar Gaviria attended the service at the Ivan de Bedout stadium, and Escobar’s teammates from the Medellin National soccer team led the funeral procession while mourners waved green-and-white team banners adorned with black ribbons. SHOWS: MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA 3/7: men trying to sell picture of escobar child walking up to coffin ws of people cu of grieving relatives cu of coffin people comforting relatives priests getting ready for service ws of crowd colombian president, cesar gaviria, saying in spanish “our glory doesnt’ fade and it makes us recognize its morals and its courage and all its virtues which are those of the immense majority of the colombians and that we will prevent at all costs from re