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Gondomar Police Disperse Fans Posing on Jota Brothers’ Graves

Guardia Civil investigators have yet to determine which brother was driving when their car crashed in Zamora province

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Overview

  • Local police in Gondomar intervened on Saturday to clear mourners posing for selfies and damaging tributes at the fresh graves of Diogo Jota and his brother under heightened security measures.
  • Guardia Civil investigators continue to probe the July 3 single-vehicle crash that killed the two brothers, with no conclusion reached on who was at the wheel.
  • Liverpool supporters have transformed a once-celebratory chant for Jota into a solemn mourning anthem echoing around Anfield.
  • Liverpool FC is expected to retire Jota’s No. 20 shirt in his honor and has agreed to a roughly €14 million compensation package for his widow and their three young children.
  • Portugal’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro attended the private wake in Gondomar on July 4 to pay his respects alongside family members.