Paraguayan president visits soccer star shot in Mexico, says Salvador Cabanas is hopeful

Paraguay leader sees soccer star shot in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo says soccer star Salvador Cabanas is hopeful, talking and exercising.

The Paraguayan striker, who plays for Mexico’s Club America, is recovering after being shot in the head Jan. 25 at a Mexico City bar.

Lugo says he found Cabanas very lucid and with “a lot of hope” during their talk at the hospital Sunday.

Lugo, who is in Mexico for the Rio Group summit, showed off an America T-shirt that Cabanas signed. Lugo says the player is exercising on a stationary bike.

Cabanas had been expected to lead Paraguay’s national team at the World Cup in South Africa this summer.

The man suspected of shooting the player is still at large.