A 28-year-old agricultural engineer held
captive for three days in the west African
country claims name-dropping his famous
compatriot calmed his violent aggressors
An Argentine kidnapped in Nigeria claims he
owes his life to Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.
Santiago Lopez Menendez, a 28-year-old
agricultural engineer, had been working in the
west African nation since last year, planting
soya and corn crops close to Kontagora in the
north-west of the country.
But he was kidnapped earlier this week and
beaten violently by his captors, who hardly
spoke any English and thought he was north
American.
It was then in desperation that Menendez tried
to tell them he was Argentine and he was
eventually able to calm down his aggressors
with repeated cries of "Messi, Messi, Messi".
Held captive for three days, the engineer was
eventually released after the company who
employs him paid an undisclosed ransom to
the kidnappers.
Back in Argentina, his brother Jorge spoke to
Clarin and said: "'Tell them I am grateful to
Messi', he told me. 'Naming him is what saved
me.'"
Menendez is now safe and will return to his
homeland in the next few hours.


www.goal.com/en/news/585/argentina/2015/06/29/13138982/mentioning-messi-saved-my-life-says-argentine-kidnapped-in?ICID=HP_BN_1

Booked, just in case.

Paretomaster:
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Lionel messi, worlds greatest

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Incase it makes Front Page

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Is the dude trying to insinuate that lionel messi is a god?

Freemanan:
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