Who was Alvaro Prieto? His shocking death between two carriages of a train unites Spaniards in pain: the painful news was broadcast live on television

Córdoba expresses its pain at the tragic death of the young footballer Alvaro Prieto covers all of Spain.

Prieto, an 18-year-old football player, has been missing since Thursday, October 12, 2023, and on the morning of Monday the 16th, the news of his death came “live and direct”, in the most unexpected way on a TV broadcast, with a bad taste in the mouth and even with indignation among the Spaniards.

The images, criticized for their crudeness, showed the body of a person between two carriages of a train. The footwear stood out.

The spectators remained silent at the very likely news that the body was that of Álvaro Prieto.

The disappearance of Álvaro Prieto

The boy went to a party with some friends on the night of Wednesday, October 11, on the way to Seville. He was wearing beige pants and a green shirt. His clothing and specific information had been the most discussed since Thursday afternoon the 12th, when the disappearance was reported.

Prieto was an 18-year-old Córdoba CF youth player, and after the evening of fun “he planned to return to Córdoba, but apparently he missed his train and his cell phone battery died.”

According to what was reported in EFE, “at that moment he decided to board another train without the corresponding ticket, although he was noticed by the train staff who urged him to leave the convoy.”

The station’s cameras show the young man leaving Santa Justa station on foot; the last images they had of him were when he left the building toward Kansas City Avenue. At 9 a.m. it was said to be his last record in the cameras, Onda Cero reported.

The family was waiting for him at home. He sent the last WhatsApp message to his parents, Antena 3 published: “I’m going to the stop.”

He wrote that on Thursday morning around 7:22 am on the way to Santa Justa station.

In the midst of her anguish, the mother said that Álvaro “did not disappear voluntarily and was considering two possibilities: that he left in a stranger’s car or that he was run over.”

“Álvaro, we are waiting for you”

The search began. Friends replicated the information and a phone number to report news.

Last weekend the media reported how solidarity with Prieto’s family reached the football stadiums. In the stands and for several minutes on the playing field, messages such as “Álvaro, we are waiting for you” and “Álvaro come back soon” could be seen.

Álvaro, Onda Cero reported, “had just begun his studies in mechanical engineering at the Higher Polytechnic School of the University of Córdoba.”

Previously, she attended “the School of the Slaves of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the center of Córdoba.”

On the night of Sunday, October 15, according to EFE, “members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME), with specialized dogs, took part in the search near the Santa Justa station in Seville for the young man from Córdoba (…) a search ” which lasted about two hours and ended without success.”

The news came live on television

On the morning of Monday the 16th, during the broadcast of an information contact about the Álvaro Prieto case, a shocking image was broadcast on the Mañaneros program.

Informalia recounted the powerful moment: “Alberto Catalán is the TVE journalist who was reporting directly in the area, when he started telling what he had seen from Kansas City Avenue, near the train tracks.

“A train just passed and we saw an image that can be treated… I don’t know how to tell this… forgive me for a moment,” he said.

“We saw something suspicious: some sports shoes sticking out of the carriages and beige trousers. “We stopped this train when we started screaming and now the dog unit is coming to find out if these are the clothes she was wearing the morning she disappeared.”

“Stop, stop the images. How do you publish them,” they responded on networks as soon as the media posted the video.

It didn’t take long for the authorities to confirm and announce the painful news: it was the lifeless body of Álvaro Prieto.

RTVE deeply regretted the live broadcast images and opened an internal investigation. Meanwhile, the Spanish sporting world unites and embraces the young footballer’s family.

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Álvaro Prieto “died electrocuted”

Renfe, the railway company, said the train “had not been in service for weeks and had not run since August 24,” EFE reported.

On Monday the 16th, when the journalist saw the body, the train was “performing an internal maneuver without providing passenger service.”

“Álvaro Prieto died electrocuted between the two train cars, as revealed by the autopsy,” published El Español, where they further expanded: “The body was found with burned hands and without hair.”

“Investigators believe that the young Córdoba CF footballer could have hidden there after sneaking onto the train tracks, reports Diario de Sevilla, quoted in El Español.

It’s a painful situation. The investigation continues. Álvaro just wanted to go home, to return to Córdoba. (JO)