Peruvian club suspend 3 footballers accused of sexual assault

LIMA: Peruvian football club Alianza Lima on Thursday suspended three national team players over a sex assault claim from an Argentine woman.
The team said defenders Carlos Zambrano, 36, and Miguel Trauco, 33, and midfielder Sergio Pena, 30, were dropped from the squad that will face Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami in a friendly in Lima Saturday.
They have been suspended indefinitely and will face a disciplinary process, a team statement said.
Buenos Aires police told AFP a 22-year-old woman had reported the three men for an alleged sexual assault that occurred in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo on January 18.
The woman said she was assaulted at a hotel where Alianza was holding a training session.
All three men have played for European clubs and represented Peru in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The team did not go through.