The police crackdown, which wreaked havoc and forced the Suspension of the match between Gimnasia and Boca in La Plata, led to the tragic death of César “Lolo” Regueiro. Between general indignation and questions to the Security Minister, Sergio Berni, Governor Axel Kicillof fired the head of the operation.
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The president of Gymnastics: “I’ve never seen such barbarism, we went back 20 years”
Gabriel Pellegrino, president of Gymnastics.
Gymnastics president Gabriel Pellegrino described the chaos and police repression that led to the death of César “Lolo” Regueiro as barbaric (57).
“I have never seen such barbarism. It was like in the worst times when bars crossed. But here there was the Police against the teammates. We went back 20 years in the football ecosystem,” Pellegrino told radio La Red. .
The moment when the Buenos Aires Police threw tear gas towards the stands
Diego Santilli spoke of the “terrible and ineffective organization of the Buenos Aires government”
They ask for the presence of Berni in the legislature
Gymnastics will be the actor for the accidents and he wants the game with Boca to resume on his court and with the public
The gymnastics stadium, the day after the chaos. Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata tried to establish a position quickly after the incidents that occurred in their stadium as the match with Boca began, for the 23rd date of the Professional League. The La Plata institution has announced that he will be making a judicial presentation and that he will appear as a plaintiff in the case after Aprevide insisted that ticket overselling had occurred.
“It’s a lie about the over-selling of tickets, Gimnasia did everything flawlessly. What happened last night was a responsibility for state controls and an abuse of law enforcement,” he told Radio. Mariano Cúneo Libarona, lawyer of Gimnasia. Red Read more here.
The desperate tale of the stadium voice: “I’ve never experienced anything like this, I searched for up to 12 families of missing children”
In the midst of the chaos that erupted during the match between Gimnasia and Boca, with tear gas invading everything, many children have lost their families. In this context of distress, the voice of the stadium Juan Carmelo Zerillo played a key role in starting to reunite the lost children with their parents through the loudspeakers, a task that lasted until after midnight. Read more here.
La Cámpora condemned the police “violence and repression” in La Plata
The message of the students of La Plata
The AFA has decided to reschedule two First National matches after the chaos in La Plata
These are the games that would have been played this Friday afternoon. In Caballito, Ferro Carril Oeste received Almagro and in Adrogué, Brown would have been local against Almirante Brown.
Meanwhile in Santiago del Estero the match is being played between Miter of that province and Alvarado of Mar del Plata.
Ofelia Fernández asks for the resignation of Sergio Berni
Sergio Berni acknowledged that the police acted “in the worst way” and “failed to resolve the situation”
The day after the serious incidents of the match between Gimnasia de La Plata and Boca, the Minister of Security of Buenos Aires, Sergio Berni, blamed the head of the operation for the riots and stressed that “the police have solved the situation in the worst possible way. of the ways “.
Axel Kicillof’s official insisted, in statements to TN, that the source of the incidents was the excessive sale of tickets for the game, which was suspended on Thursday just minutes from the start. Read more here.
The photos of the day after the chaos in La Plata
The rubber bullets fired by the police. Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
Gymnastics stadium this Friday. Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
Stones and rubble that, in the midst of the chaos, fans threw at the police. Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
Gymnastics canceled all activities in the stadium
“Madness”: the detachment of Brujita Verón
Former footballer and leader of Estudiantes de La Plata, Juan Sebastián Verón, spoke on his social networks. “A madness that these things happen, my solidarity with the gymnastics fan and the relatives of the missing fan … I hope that those responsible appear and take charge of this madness”, he wrote on his Instagram account.
The detachment of Juan Sebastián Verón after the Gimnasia vs Boca incidents.
“They left him lying like a dog”
Sergio, one of the sons of César ‘Lolo’ Regueiro. Photo: Capture TV
Sergio, one of the victim’s children, made it clear that his father was “a healthy man” and criticized the actions of doctors who did not treat him outside the stadium. “They left him lying down like a dog,” he complained.
Regueiro had gone to the camp with his sister and two nephews. As soon as the problems started, he said, the children “couldn’t breathe” due to the large amount of tear gas. It was at that moment that the victim “got desperate” for the boys and tried to leave.
“We don’t know what happened. As soon as he left the stadium he collapsed. My sister said they left him lying down and they didn’t want to put him in the ambulance,” he asked.
“The same people gave him CPR and that’s where the problems started, so they tried to help him. The doctors said my father was dead but he was conscious on the floor. Right there they shot gas again and he collapsed. again. The same people He ran it sideways, among the stones and rubber bullets, ”he explained while talking with TN.
While awaiting the autopsy results, he revealed that in the hospital they saw that “his head was injured”. In this regard, he slipped: “I don’t know if he was hit when he fell, if they hit him with a stone or what.”
Asked if his father suffered from heart problems, Sergio clarified: “He never smoked or drank. He was a little overweight there. But he was a healthy man, the neighborhood can tell you. He has been on the pitch all his life.” .
“It should have been a party. My old man is gone, but it could have been a much worse tragedy. If they hadn’t thrown gas, we would have watched the game,” he concluded.
Who was the fan who died after the police crackdown and the heartbreaking message from his daughter
The daughter of César Regueiro, a supporter of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata who died during the repression of the Buenos Aires police in the match against Boca, posted a message on his Facebook account on Thursday to confirm the news, which sparked hundreds of reactions. ‘Lolo’, 57, was well known in the Municipality of Diagonals, not only for being an employee of the Municipality, but also for being one of the best in the La Plata amateur league. Read more here.
Axel Kicillof kicked out the head of the operation and the policemen who were identified
After the incidents that occurred during the match between Boca and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, which ended with one person who died of cardiac arrest and more than one hundred injured, the government of Axel Kicillof removed the head of the operation and the police officers who were been identified.
This was reported to Clarín by high sources of the government of the province of Buenos Aires, who did not provide details on the continuity or otherwise of the Minister of Security of Buenos Aires, Sergio Berni. Read more here.
Source: Clarin
