Going to court and being murdered is a real possibility. This year, five of the thousands of people who attended one of the matches organized by the AFA did not return from the stadium. Cesare Regueiro is the fifth football victim of 2022. This time it was not an inside between bars, but it was the result of a unjustified repression by the police which was part of an operation organized by the Agency for the Prevention of Violence in Sport (Aprevide), whose matrix is replicated in every field. A time bomb exploded in La Plata.
Who are the responsible? They all point fingers. Apevide accuses Gimnasia of selling off tickets and closing the stadium; the club denies it and has announced that he will be a complainant for the incidents; the provincial government, which limits the responsibility to the head of the operation and not to his political leaders; The AFA, which “firmly repels what happened” via Twitter and continue to distribute paper tickets; Utedyc, who is lenient with the protocol rumors that everyone knows of their existence, but which now constitute the main evidence to explain Thursday’s crackdown.
There are rules and a set of laws that, with their sole application, will wipe out bars from the scene, restore visiting audiences, and reduce the number of policemen available for each match. They exist, but they are not realized. The logic of football involves trying to solve a problem without respecting the steps required for it to happen.
The first responsible, the Police
The governor of Buenos Aires Axel Kicillo instructed the Minister of Security, Sergio Berniniso that apart from the force to the commissioner Giovanni Corbaranresponsible for the security operation in the forest.
The La Plata case has highlighted a repeated reality: the singular preparation of the Police. Abuse of authority, bad security practices and aggression in the performance of one’s duties. The logic of the operation, among all, places the spectators as potential criminals: They are subjected to search, disposal of personal effects and hostile treatment.
Are all cops like that? No. In fact, also organized by Aprevide, the Independiente field operation when Los Pumas were local to Australia for the rugby league there were no searches and the kindness of the troops to the public was astonishing. The field was as full as in a football match.
The appreciation fee
The Police is not a self-sufficient entity. In this case, it depends on the government of the province of Buenos Aires. The governor and the security minister have drawn the limit of liability in the Force. The genesis of the Aprevide is the Coprosedethe old Provincial Committee for Sports Safety created in 2002 with the same objectives and responsibilities that Eduardo Aparicio now leads.
The chain of command was broken with the head of the operation being fired and not reaching the political authorities. “If I have any responsibility, I will pay it”, admitted to air on ESPN. The truth is that for 20 years, with the excuse of preventing excesses, the body has encapsulated buses with brave bars that come and go from the fields. The “violent” are escorted by patrol cars. In operations, the police don’t do anything they don’t ask Aprevide.
Why didn’t Aparicio stop the police actions? “I communicated and asked that no more gas be released”Aparicio admitted to La Red radio. “The responsibility is institutional, hierarchical, police: there is a commissioner, a head of department, an entire command line giving orders to their bodies. One has a political position in the ministry. I asked for reports. I also suffered. of gas. It was a desperation on all sides, “Aparicio said.
The clubs and the AFA
The Apevide denounced gymnastics for the excessive sale of tickets and the club doubled the bet denied the situation, detailed the number of seats sold and hired Mariano Cuneo Libarona represent them in open cause for the death of the fan.
“I want to determine the roles of the Police, the roles of Utedyc and the agents, we want the truth to be reached. Utedyc’s role is fundamental, he is in charge of all the stadiums, the ones that send more than 100 people to check the doors. , people at the entrances make you pay, “the lawyer told Radio Provincia.
In this sense, the inertia of the AFA is remarkable: with the mere fact of enabling nominal entries – with the name and surname of the viewer – and a database crossed with the program Safe Grandstand that does not allow the sale to those who have a ban on attendance, the problem would end. AFA Plus? That initiative so often announced that counted on the registration of fans, failed.
But it is not the only one: there is a signed agreement with the Link network so that the tickets are printed directly from the ATM which would easily end with protocol rumors, for neutrals, bars or other excuses, which was never activated by the AFA.
The chain of responsibilities
Aprevide repeated an operation identical to all the others. Utedyc staff verified that entry with legitimate and permitted tickets – Justice will determine the reason – protocol entries. If they had been nominal, that problem wouldn’t have existed.
With almost full capacity and around 5,000 people outside, the police decided to close the entrances and what followed was the scenario of the chaotic Gimnasia – Boca that the AFA vigorously repudiated, as if it were no stranger to the matter. Since the creation of Aprivide in 2012 and the announcement of AFA Plus, there are 75 dead. The last was not yet veiled.
Source: Clarin
