Hooligans supporting Colombian top-flight club Cucuta Deportivo smuggled a dead gang member in a coffin into a match.

Cristopher Jacome, 17, had been shot by hitmen overnight on Sunday, but still made it to the match later in the day at the 45,000-capacity General Santander Stadium in the north-eastern city of Cucuta, which finished in a 1-1 draw with Envigado.

"This regrettable incident happened on Sunday when a group of hooligans managed to hoodwink stadium security and get the body of young Cristopher Jacome into the stadium," local police colonel Alvaro Pico told AFP.

According to police, the teenager had been targeted by gunmen while playing in a friendly park kick-around in a poor district in the southern outskirts of Cucuta.

- AFP