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A retired soccer player was arrested on animal abuse charges after allegedly dangling his pet pug by a hind leg from his apartment balcony — as a neighbor captured the disturbing scene on video.

The frightening footage shows Héctor Rosales, 64, holding the dog by its right hind leg outside his fifth floor condo in San Salvador, El Salvador on Wednesday.

The pug can be heard crying as Rosales appears to take a photo of the animal before pulling it back over the rail and inside the apartment.

Héctor Rosales is pictured following his apprehension for animal cruelty after being reported on social media for hanging a dog by its legs from his apartment balcony. PNC El Salvador

“Why is he doing that,” a male neighbor is heard saying in the background. “And he was recording.…