Celia, Messi’s mother, spoke about the drug threat to Leo: “It surprises us, they have never bothered us and we always go around the city without custody”

This Thursday Rosario woke up in a state of alarm. Once again the drug traffickers put the headline on the front page of the newspapers. A shooting against the facade of an empty supermarket and a note addressed to one of the most popular people in Argentina and the entire planet: “Messi, we are waiting for you. Javkin is a drug trafficker, he won’t take care of you…”, said the message written on a piece of cardboard.

It happened in the early hours of the morning: two men fired at a company that belongs to the family of Antonela Roccuzzo. The news shocked national and provincial authorities. And the reactions in the world of football were not long in coming.

But obviously the most searched word was that of the Messi family. And the seriousness of the event led the footballer’s mother to reply via message to a question from some journalists, which is unusual given the low profile that the entire crack environment manages.

Celia Cuccittini confirmed the situation to journalist Maite Peñoñori who shared the message on her networks. “We’re fine, he was at Anto’s father’s supermarket. We have never moved with custody, we lead a normal life,” Leo’s mother from the Intruders program replied to the journalist.

Despite the insecurity that reigns in Rosario, where 288 drug offenses were registered in 2022, Leo’s mother assured that so far the family has not had major problems with the issue.

“The truth surprises us because they have never bothered us and we always go around the city without a case and with nothing. Thank God nothing more serious happened. We are worried. It was an attack on Anto’s parents’ supermarket, luckily it didn’t get worse,” Celia told journalist Mauro Szeta.

The magnitude of the name that has been involved in this threat that includes drug traffickers and politically mobilized voices of all stripes. Within football, Gabriel Heinze He was one of those who spoke out on the case. In recent months, after winning the World Cup, Newell’s fans were thrilled by the possible arrival of the Rosarino star in the club of their loves. However, what happened this morning seems to demolish that version that already sounded like a chimera.

“This is not just an attack on Leo, it’s an attack on everyone. It obviously alienates Leo and everyone else.. We talk about him for what Leo is, but there are also many guys who would like to come back. And he also takes you away from many things, ”said the Gringo, who accepted that his return to La Lepra was an act of“ recklessness ”.

A couple of weeks ago, the director of Rosario Central, Michele Angelo Russohe had accepted that “players’ wives don’t want to come and live in Rosario”.

Amidst the controversy and, after assuring that “the drug traffickers have won”, the Minister of National Security, Aníbal Fernández, guaranteed after the attack that if Messi asks for personal custody upon his return to Argentina (he must play for the national on March 23 and 28), he will have it.