The catracho team will inform US immigration authorities about the desertion of Luis Enrique Ortiz and José Carlos López
TEGUCIGALPA – At least two players from Marathon, from Honduras, deserted by the team after the second stage on Tuesday against Portland Timbers, from the United States, for the eighth finals of the CONCACAF Champions League, the institution of the Central American country reported this Thursday.
It’s about Luis Enrique Ortiz Hernández (substitute goalkeeper) and José Carlos López Perdomo (central defender), who, according to Club Deportivo Marathón in a statement, “abandoned the club’s concentration without any justification“, Wednesday.
“Both players have not complied with the internal rules established by the club, so in accordance with the law, the club will apply its internal rules and inform the immigration authorities about the United States of America about deserting to the club regime “, adds the information.
Furthermore Marathon He stressed that “in the next few hours, the National Court of Arbitration will be informed of the breach of its contract for the corresponding legal effects”.
According to local media reports, Ortiz Hernandez does not think to return to Honduras, while Lopez Perdomo would do so this Friday because his goal would not have been to remain illegal in United States of America.
Marathon, that in the first stage against him Portland Timbers drew 2-2 at San Pedro Sula, where he is, lost 0-5 in the second inning to Portland, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
It was also reported in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday that Wilcae Exumé of Arcahaie, Haiti, left the team in Mexico a few hours before the match with Cruz Azul corresponding to the CONCACAF Champions League.
In an audio message reproduced by the Haitian media, the midfielder assured that he went to live with a member of his family who lives in Mexico and asked his colleagues not to come and look for him.