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Ascenso Footballer Stabbed With Car Key at Youth Match Has Successful Surgery as Case Is Treated as Attempted Homicide

The 35-year-old remains in intensive care after doctors operated at Hospital El Cruce.

Overview

  • Jonathan José Smith was struck in the head with a car key during a Sub-16 girls’ match at Club GEVE in Berazategui after a dispute spread from players to parents and relatives.
  • Doctors reported the operation was successful and that major arteries were not compromised, but his prognosis is guarded and he is being monitored in intensive care.
  • Smith, a General Lamadrid player and delegate for Estrella de Plátanos where his daughter plays, suffered a cranial fracture and was first treated at Hospital Evita Pueblo before transfer.
  • Police detained Gastón Omar Álvarez, 40, seized his Chevrolet Zafira and part of the key, and planned to transfer him to give a statement on Friday.
  • Prosecutors moved the case to UFI No. 3 and reclassified it as attempted homicide following medical-legal findings.