Paraguayan soccer player Ivan Torres on Tuesday said that his wife Cristina Vita Aranda died after she was shot in the head while attending a concert at the Jose Asuncion Flores Amphitheatre. She was 29.
“This is how I will remember you my love, with that beautiful smile and that big heart,” Torres wrote on social media.
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“I promise that I will miss you very much, nothing will be the same without you, just to thank you for these 11 years by my side, for teaching me to recognize my mistakes, to forgive, to believe, to be better, to love unconditionally, that Despite the difficulties we had to be prepared for the next opportunity, you told me that you wanted to reach the heart of each woman and impact them,” he continued.
“I know that God granted it to you and will continue to do so, and THANK YOU for those three children you gave me, I will honor your name by giving my best so that they look like you. LOVE YOU.”
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Confirming Aranda’s death, Itaugua Nacional Hospital director Yolanda Gonzalez, said in a statement to the Sun, “She was intubated when she arrived and attempts were made to resuscitate her for at least 25 minutes after she went into cardiac arrest. She died after the lengthy attempts to save her life.”
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Police said the shooting was under investigation and four other people were injured in the incident.
Ivan Torres did not sustain injuries in the shooting. The couple has three children.
