Baseball Mourns Enrique Quiñones: The Former Champion Was Murdered

Enrique Quiñones, a 57-year-old former pitcher for the Tomateros de Culiacán, was shot and killed in the last few hours in Villa Unión, south of Mazatlán. The Mexican press reports that the perpetrators managed to escape, but police and navy personnel are combing the area to find them.

Enrique Quiñones had just parked his car near a business when his attackers approached him. Several armed men, traveling in a moving car, approached his vehicle and opened fire, killing him.

Enrique Quiñones had a career spanning nearly twenty years in Mexican professional baseball. During his career, he played as a pitcher in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (LMP) and the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (LMB).

His career began in 1988 and ended in 2007. During those years, he played for the Sultanes de Monterrey, the Leones de Yucatán, the Broncos de Reynosa, the Tuneros de San Luis Potosí, the Tomateros de Culiacán, and the Dorados de Chihuahua, among others.

“The Mexican Pacific League mourns the tragic passing of Enrique Quiñones, former pitcher for the Tomateros de Culiacán. We stand with his family and loved ones during this difficult time. May he rest in peace,” reads an official statement posted on social media.