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Álvaro Prieto’s body was found between some train cars in Seville

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Police have confirmed that the body found between two carriages of a train in Seville is that of Álvaro Prieto, the 18-year-old soccer player from Córdoba, of whom there has been no trace since Thursday, October 12th. The discovery was possible thanks to some images taken by an RTVE cameraman for a report on the disappearance, which showed some legs between two carriages. The clothes the young man from Córdoba was wearing when he disappeared, beige trousers and a green shirt, match what can be seen in the photograph. The remains were found in a medium-haul convoy to Cadiz that was stopped under the Carmona highway bridge, where the search for the boy was concentrated last night, along with the dogs of the Military Emergency Unit (EMU). For her part, Renfe has stated that all information and data about the train on which the body was and the movements it made until this morning are in the hands of the police. For now, he has assured that the convoy has been stopped and not performing any service since August 24 and that this morning it was carrying out an internal maneuver without passengers.

Official image of player Álvaro Prieto with his Córdoba CF youth jersey.Official picture of player Álvaro Prieto with his Córdoba CF youth jersey.Europe Press

One of the main hypotheses working with the National Police, which since Thursday had been tirelessly combing the area surrounding the Santa Justa train station, where they lost sight of Prieto, was that he could have been run over by a convoy. But so far, tracking with dogs and drones around the train tracks has not provided any corresponding evidence. The structure was housed in the coupling area of ​​the wagons, on a so-called bogie.

Renfe has assured that the train in which the body of the young man from Cordoba was found was parked on a track at the Santa Justa Technical Treatment Center since August 24 and that from then until this morning it did not move from there had. Only today it was decided to carry out an internal maneuver to bring it to the workshops. The EMU was in action last night in this area, the last part of the perimeter where police conducted raids.

Santa Justa train station had become the epicenter of the search for the young man, as it was there that he was last seen trying to return home. Prieto, an engineering student and Córdoba FC youth soccer player, traveled to Seville on Wednesday to celebrate with several friends. He left the club with one of them. “The friend went to the dormitory and he went to the train station,” explains a relative. He had a ticket to Córdoba at 7:35 a.m. and 15 minutes earlier had sent a WhatsApp message to his parents telling them: “I’m going to the stop.” The young man missed the train and his cell phone battery ran out where he had the electronic card to buy another ticket was empty.

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His obsession was to find a train that would take him back to Córdoba, according to family sources consulted by this newspaper. He first tried to sneak across the train tracks into a convoy bound for Barcelona at 8:55 a.m. but stopped in his city. There he explained what was happening to him, but was asked by security forces to leave the station. His picture walking through the doors on Kansas City Avenue at 9:30 a.m., captured by the railroad cameras, is the last we have of him.

He then tried, together with trained dogs from the UME, to access the tracks again from outside the station, exactly where the police search was concentrated last night. He was intercepted again and abandoned again. “The young man was very stubborn in everything he did,” explains David Guzmán, spokesman for SOS Desaparecidos, about Prieto’s character, according to the family. At 10:30 a.m., a woman whose testimony is believed to be true saw him near Kansas City. He assures us that his condition is normal.

This obsession with returning to his house and even crossing the tracks had led police to consider the possibility that he had fallen asleep or that he had been carelessly hit by a train. The easy accessibility of roads from the aforementioned Kansas City, especially for a person with an athletic build, supported this thesis. The train in which the body was found was in an area used for repairing and cleaning convoys, which is why it had not been in traffic in recent days, according to sources consulted. The vehicle was moved this morning to carry out this maintenance work.

Spanish television, which broadcast the images this morning, has apologized for the program, which showed some legs on a train that had been enlarged during broadcast. “We apologize for the images we offered live on the show ‘Mañaneros’ on La 1. Images that should never have been broadcast and that have been removed from the digital transmission of the program.” “We apologize once again to the family of Álvaro Prieto,” said a tweet from the program on the X network. The recording was shared by everyone RTVE platforms removed.

Córdoba CF, the team Prieto played for, issued a statement confirming the death and offering condolences to the family. On its Instagram profile, the club also points out that “at the express request of the family, the Córdoba Society will limit itself to an institutional statement.” We thank the club for its understanding in these difficult moments and for the expressions of solidarity and affection that we have received.” This Monday, the Supreme Sports Council (CSD) and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) expressed their “most sincere condolences” to the family and friends.

Furthermore, in “Now is the time to be with family. All the love of Andalusia for her. We hope that the circumstances of this death will be clarified soon,” Moreno added.