Puntarenas president gunned down

• by Soccer America , Feb 18, 2009

Adrian Castro, president of Costa Rican First Division club, was gunned down Tuesday by gunmen on a motorcycle while driving his car on the Interamericana Norte freeway.

Jorge Rojas, the director of Costa Rica's investigative department, said the killing may have been ordered to settle a dispute.

Castro had extensive sports and business interests. He was jailed on fraud charges in 2000.

Puntarenas was tied for first in its Torneo Clausura group.