The intersection between the Defensores de Belgrano and Excursionistas bars and an abrupt failure of the police operation

In Belgrano the streets are divided by graffiti. In Bajo Belgrano the green and white of hikers and the portraits of the idol René Houseman, but when you walk north the landscape turns red and black, those of the Defenders of Belgrano. Just 30 blocks separate the stadiums of two historically rival clubs. So why was a security operation carried out with the microphones of the fans of the team it plays First National towards the corner of the club field which is in the first C And what you haven’t faced on the pitch since 2017? They went straight to the lion’s den and the wolf was there.

Irrationality dominates football, which is driven by passion. See a group of fans with the shirts of excursion want to fight in the corner of Avenue of the Liberator AND The Pampas It was reason enough for Defe’s bars to get off some of the seven buses carrying fans from the Quilmes stadium – where they had lost to Platense for the Argentine Cup – and go to face them.

Instead, consistency must prevail when putting together a security operation, which clearly failed Wednesday night. According to partisan journalists, the problems started long before the clash broke out between the bar Defensores de Belgrano and members of the Municipal Police at 21:30. The first mistake was made on the way to the Quilmes stadium, because the buses with the fans passed Platenseanother club with which they have a rivalry and with which they are joined by the “Clásico de Núñez”.

After the 2-0 defeat in the second half – added to the sending off of Camilo Machado which left ten players at stick up for– The return operation has begun at the Stadio del Centenario. “The problem is that they shouldn’t have gone through Libertador and Pampa. How are you going to cross the door of the club that is your rival?”, criticized Marcelo Achile, president of Defensores de Belgrano and deputy secretary of the AFA.

According to reports from security organizations in Buenos Aires, “the events occurred yesterday evening while motorized police personnel were accompanying three buses carrying Defensores de Belgrano fans along Av. Del Libertador to their headquarters. In particular, the episodes began on Av. Del Libertador and La Pampa, where several fans got off the buses to insult the neighbors and the fans of the Excursionistas de Belgrano club, located 100 meters away.”

The videos of the clashes that circulated rapidly on social networks, however, took place about 30 blocks later, near Avenida del Libertador and Comodoro Rivadavia. According to the Municipal Police, the groups left the city on several occasions ‘capsule’ that the motorized police had armed themselves to transfer them to safety, driving against traffic along the avenue, zig-zagging and turning again to rejoin the ‘capsule’.

AS, Upon arrival at the headquarters, the clash occurred: The fans threw bottles, stones and sticks at the members of the Motorized Action Group (GAM) and the Urban Order Staff, who responded with dissuasive and roaring cartridge weapons. The facts led to 29 detainees (27 men and two women), accused of assault and resistance to authority, injuries and aggravated damage to the carabinieri’s car. An agent, meanwhile, was assisted by SAME on the spot and was then transferred to the hospital in Churruca, where he was given five stitches in his face.

The detainees were transferred to the 13A District Police Station of the Municipal Police and then referred to the OCI (Central Identification Office), with the exception of the 2 women who remained in City Hall 1. Massive, in charge of Celsa Ramírez, analyzes the their records and intimidate them, so that they continue to be detained.