Luciano Cabral returned to play in the first after spending five years in prison

After spending five and a half years in the San Rafael Penitentiary Unit for a homicide in General Alvear, Luciano Cabral left prison, returned to play in the first division and said that “it is not easy.” After being found guilty as co-author of a homicide committed in the city of General Alvear on January 1, 2017, the footballer – promise of the lower Argentinos Juniors – received a sentence of nine and a half years, while his father, José Cabral, was the main author of the fact, and received 16 years. According to the case, the father beat to death a young man who was harassing his son. Five years later, the young man was released for good behavior, and began training at the facilities of the “Bicho” with the dream of playing in the first division. I am very happy to resume my career, to be able to do it in Chile trying to recover day by day to try to have the level of before, “said in dialogue with DSport Radio the 27-year-old footballer. At the time of the fact, the player was part of the Athletico Paranaense squad, on loan from Argentinos Juniors, but did not return to Brazil, since he surrendered to justice on January fourth. While in prison, Cabral took advantage of the temporary exits to work alongside a physical trainer. “I worked thinking that when I completely reintegrated into society it would not cost me so much. I searched hard all the time I was inside to play and compete again. I was looking for this second chance that luckily Coquimbo gave me,” he said. About the road, he explained that “it is not easy to compete again in the First Division, but I remained hopeful that I could start again.” Also, the footballer referred to the time he spent locked up. “He feels fear every day being in prison. In some moments it favored me to be a footballer and in others it was harmful to the inmates. In the end they understood that the only thing I wanted was to leave as soon as possible,” Cabral said.

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