Sub 20 World Cup: scandal in a hotel in La Plata for an alleged abuse of an Iraqi player against an employee

Before the initial whistle of Sub 20 worlda selection that participates in the competition is associated with aa scandal: a player of the Iraqi Nationalwho remains housed in the capital Buenos Aires, was accused of allegedly abusing a hotel employee.

As reported this Friday and was able to confirm clarionthe incident occurred at the hotel Dazzling, located in front of Plaza Moreno, in the geographical center of La Plata. There, one of the Asian team’s players allegedly “touched his private parts” and committed other “physical excesses” to one of the hotel complex workers.

Until the early hours of this Friday, the victim had not filed a formal complaint with the judicial or police authorities, according to inquiries carried out by this newspaper in those organizations.

The fact became known because when the attack took place, the injured girl started screaming and the security agents had to intervene who work in the public spaces of the building.

Additionally, police sources confirmed that there were some complaints of “loud noise and music” they heard from outside the rooms. The authorities of the accommodation company reportedly filed complaints: “They complained in the hotel that the Iraqis celebrate for a long time and damage the structures”, they admitted in a police station in La Plata.

For this there was an official intervention by the Ministry of Security. An official from that department went to the lodging hall to gather information.

There the operational managers said the athletes “they roamed the corridors in their underwear” and that they would have proceeded to activate, among other irregularities, the fire alarms.

The delegation is hosted there. made up of 48 people between players, coaches, physical trainers and staff of the Iraqi Football Federation.

The specific case of alleged abuse that took place on the terrace of the Dazzling, where there is a restaurant (open to the public who are not passengers) and a pastry shop. It was Thursday night and the girl was allegedly pushed to a place where she could not be seen and there she took the opportunity to “touch her private parts”.

A police report informing authorities of the incident said the “young woman” informed officers she “would not press charges” and did not “provide her parentage details”.

This point leads to another controversy: sources of the current prosecutor’s office, which he deals with alvaro throat They confirmed it in Clarin “An official investigation has been opened” for the alleged case of abuse. But something more serious.

Garganta would also initiate an action for “violation of public official duties” against the head of the departmental police station of La Plata, Commissioner Sebastián Perea. The prosecutor believes he acted with “a complete lack of gender perspective”. Because he learned of an alleged abuse and did not report it to Justice.

“The initiation of criminal action for abuse is a private decision. But when that alleged crime is known, and even more so by a public official, it is no longer private. All international conventions and rules of action on these issues establish this of gender-based violence”, they explained in the courts of La Plata.

This morning the players were getting ready to go to training. His debut in world competitions is scheduled for Monday 22 May at 18:00 against Uruguay, at the Diego A Maradona stadium.

The team is in Group E alongside Uruguay, England and Tunisia. He returns to a competition of this type from the 2013 edition, in which he finished in fourth place.

The provincial capital is preparing to be a “World City”. It is that 18 matches will be played in the Unico, including the semi-finals and the final. La Plata has begun to experience – for now – a slight World Cup fever: it has the main hotels “blocked” for foreign delegations; Local clubs have lent (or leased) their training and bidding facilities and gastronomic businesses are starting to appear on the streets to welcome supporters.

La Plata (Correspondent)