Lionel Messi Receives Death Threats From Gunmen

Lionel Messi Receives Death Threat After Wife’s Family Store In Argentina Was Shot Up: “We Are Waiting For You” (PICS)

March 3, 2023, 3:44pm ESTBy Lou Flavius

Less than three months after helping Argentina win the World Cup in Qatar, Lionel Messi has been threatened by gunmen who opened fire on a supermarket owned by his wife’s family in Rosario, per the Associated Press.

The incident, which took place on Thursday, did not see anyone injured, while the assailants’ motives remain unclear.

According to police, two men on a motorcycle fired at least 12 shots into the Unico supermarket and left a message reading, “Messi, we’re waiting for you. [Pablo] Javkin is also a drug trafficker, so he won’t take care of you.”

Javkin, who is Rosario’s mayor, has since hit out at federal authorities. The mayor visited the scene in the wake of the gunfire and called out the lawmen’s ineffectiveness as it pertains to drug violence in what is Argentina’s third-largest city.

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Messi had not commented at the time of writing and is in France, where he plays for Ligue 1 outfit Paris Saint-Germain. The club posted photos of the player in training to their social media pages on Thursday.

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The Argentinian forward won FIFA’s Best Men’s player award this week and is likely to return home to play in two friendlies later this month.

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ROSARIO, ARGENTINA – MARCH 02: Bullet hole in a counter of the supermarket of Lionel Messi’s in law family after an overnight attack on March 02, 2023 in Rosario, Argentina. During the night, attackers made 14 shots to the closed premises of a supermarket which belongs to the family of Antonella Roccuzzo, Messi’s wife. They left a written message mentioning Argentina’s football team captain and Rosario’s mayor, Pablo Javkin: “Messi we are waiting for you. Javkin is a narco, he will not protect you”. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)

Pablo Javkin (L), mayor of Rosario, speaks with the press in front of a supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, the wife of Argentine football star Lionel Messi, after attackers fired shots at the facade of the closed premises early in the morning and left a threat message to Messi, in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on March 2, 2023. – Two men attacked the front of a supermarket belonging to the in-laws of Messi and left a written message mentioning the captain of the world champion Argentine team, the mayor of the city Pablo Javkin said. “Messi we are waiting for you. Javkin is a narco, he will not protect you” the handwritten message said. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Picture of bullet holes in a window of a supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, the wife of Argentine football star Lionel Messi, after attackers fired shots at the facade of the closed premises early in the morning and left a threat message to Messi, in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on March 2, 2023. – Two men attacked the front of a supermarket belonging to the in-laws of Messi and left a written message mentioning the captain of the world champion Argentine team, the mayor of the city Pablo Javkin said. “Messi we are waiting for you. Javkin is a narco, he will not protect you” the handwritten message said. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Police inspect a supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, the wife of Argentine football star Lionel Messi, after attackers fired shots at the facade of the closed premises early in the morning and left a threat message to Messi, in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on March 2, 2023. – Two men attacked the front of a supermarket belonging to the in-laws of Messi and left a written message mentioning the captain of the world champion Argentine team, the mayor of the city Pablo Javkin said. “Messi we are waiting for you. Javkin is a narco, he will not protect you” the handwritten message said. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

A police officer takes pictures of bullet holes in a window of a supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, the wife of Argentine football star Lionel Messi, after attackers fired shots at the facade of the closed premises early in the morning and left a threat message to Messi, in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on March 2, 2023. – Two men attacked the front of a supermarket belonging to the in-laws of Messi and left a written message mentioning the captain of the world champion Argentine team, the mayor of the city Pablo Javkin said. “Messi we are waiting for you. Javkin is a narco, he will not protect you” the handwritten message said. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Prosecutor Frederico Rebola noted that the authorities were reviewing camera footage, with investigations underway. He added that this was the first time Messi’s in-laws had received such threats.