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Doctors in Ecuador: Benitez had heart ailment (The Associated Press)

By on 02/08/2013

The wife of soccer star Christian Benitez, Liseth Chala, center, is received by her father Klever Chala, right, at the airport in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. The body of Benitez was flown home to Ecuador after he died in Qatar, arriving early Friday. The casket was accompanied by Benitez's wife and other relatives. Officials from Benitez's Qatari club, El Jaish, said he died Monday of heart failure, a day after playing his first match for the club. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An autopsy shows that star Ecuador striker Christian Benitez had a heart ailment that led to his fatal heart attack the day after a game.


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