Death of Jesús de Miguel: what we know about the criminal risk for Jesús Owono

Jesús de Miguel, attacking the CD Tenerife, died on Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at the age of 30, in the aftermath of a collision with Jesús Owono, guard of FC Andorra, in the second Spanish division. The death, announced by his club at 8 a.m., is reported notably by Le Dauphiné, RMC Sport and Blick. The guardian was excluded, but the articles consulted do not mention any court decisions concerning him. Prison cannot therefore be presented as an acquired consequence of the tragedy. [S1] [S3] [S10]

A collision, then a worsening during the night

The stories converge on the main circumstances: the two teams were on a tie, 2-2, in the additional time when Miguel's Jesús started chasing a long ball. Out far from its surface, Owono struck with the knee during an aerial intervention. The referee immediately sanctioned the guard of a red card. The attacker was taken to Nuestra Señora University Hospital in Candelaria. First described in a serious but stable state, he then underwent neurological degradation. [S1] [S3] [S10]

The detailed chronology remains less homogeneous. The liberated Dauphiné placed the interruption at the 97th minute, while RMC Sport evoked a definitive stop at the 108th. These benchmarks may indicate different steps. The stories of resuscitation also vary: Blick is located on the lawn, RMC Sport mentions gestures in the ambulance. These elements are not sufficient to reconstitute all the support or to establish a possible emergency failure. [S3] [S10] [S12]

Red card does not solve the criminal issue

RMC Sport reports the analysis of Miguel Galán, presented as a specialist in sport law. According to him, when the ball is contested and the intervention intervenes in a game action, the tendency of Spanish jurisprudence would favour a ranking or relaxation. He insists on the intention of the player rather than on the seriousness of the consequences alone and believes that the excesses committed in this context are part of the sports sanction. [S1]

This assessment must remain ascribed: it is neither a judgement concerning Owono nor a decision of the prosecutor. The article does not provide the references of the Supreme Court decisions invoked. For its part, Blick reports that the camp in Andorra rejects any intention to harm. Nor is this position an independent judicial conclusion. [S1] [S10]

Lack of intent is not enough to exclude any crime

A legal distinction is essential: Spanish criminal law also has indiscriminate homicide. Article 142, published in the Spanish Official Gazette by the Organic Law of 1 March 2019, provides for a penalty of one to four years in prison when serious recklessness causes the death of others. This text shows that the intent to kill is not indispensable for any criminal responsibility. However, it does not demonstrate that Owono's intervention is part of this qualification. [S15]

To present this range as the personal penalty incurred by the guardian would therefore be premature. The available sources do not report any criminal characterization of this case, announced prosecutions or detailed forensic findings. Conversely, asserting that a gambling action automatically excludes any intervention by the justice system would go beyond the established elements. The answer remains conditional: a penalty exists in general law, but its application to this shock is not demonstrated. [S1] [S3] [S10] [S15]

A bereaved family, a publicly targeted player

The drama interrupted the course of an attacker who had progressed in the Spanish lower divisions, before contributing to the rise of Tenerife. The Team emphasizes its role in this promotion. The tributes reported by Foot Mercato include Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and FC Andorra, as well as many players. In RMC Sport's press release, the family thanked those who had expressed their support and asked for privacy. [S6] [S2] [S12]

Concerning Oweno, RMC Sport reports insults at the stadium, attacks on social networks and the closure of its Instagram account. Citing COPE radio, the media indicated that it wished to contact the family before any public statement. These reactions do not determine his intention at the time of the act or his criminal responsibility. At this stage, exclusion is established; the duration of a possible suspension and the court proceedings are not in the sources consulted. [S1] [S10]