Three Laferrere bars have been arrested after a viral video of them brandishing firearms from a bus

The journey on a bus with firearms of different calibers is only the tip of the iceberg of a conspiracy that the fragmented brave bar From Laferrere. The episode occurred before the third round of the championship. First B face Armenian sport and was replicated on social networks, which motivated the intervention of Attention and the request for official intervention to the Functional Education and Testing Unit (UFIJ) number 1.

The intelligence tasks to identify at least those who held the weapons in the viral video also served to establish a more critical scenario which led to the suspension of the following match, given that Laferrere was supposed to play in their stadium, for the fifth date against Liniers, due to the possibility of a clash between the factions who contest the official nature of the barra brava.

Then, nine days after the investigation began, the Organized Crime Directorate of the Buenos Aires Police arrested three people “between 33 and 35 years old” who were in the same car as the viralized images. drove the bus on line 96 which had been “seized” by the gangs and in which some were brandishing firearms.

In the operation they seized, among other items, the car, a Renault Clio, 15 mobile phones, nine t-shirts with the Laferrere club crest, three shorts and two long trousers with the same crest, two snare drums and six drumsticks.

The interior of the Lafe bar

There are two groups competing for control of the bar: “La 79” and “La Familia Villera”, but the situation worsens because one of the groups has the support of “Chaki Chan”, the pseudonym by which he is known Nicolas Nahuel Guimil drug trafficker from the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

Chaki Chan He has been in prison for more than six months, but he maintains power behind bars and commands one of the factions with which he protects his illegal activity. In 2022 he offered the leader of the Laferrere brava gang the possibility of having his drugs distributed by members of that group. The refusal was met with an immediate response: A group of hitmen aboard two motorcycles ambushed the bar’s car and fired a barrage of 20 bulletsof which five were interested.

He saved his life and managed to escape from the avalanche guards, which remained in the hands of the people who intervened Chaki Chan. However, when the drug trafficker was arrested a year later, the former Bar Association leader began to hatch a plan to regain control of his self-proclaimed group. “The 79”.

“For safety reasons, the sports events manager mentions a possible clash between fans in the vicinity or in the stadium itself, which is why he takes the decision to suspend the event.”it was the club’s statement on its social media that explained, without too many details, the suspension of the match It will finally be played behind closed doors on February 28th at 5pm. at the Argentino de Merlo stadium.

“From day one the issue arose that there would be clashes between two sections of the bar and we alerted security and Aprevide to take care of the fans and families. And on Monday the voices in the city became louder, we presented the report to the police and it was decided to suspend the match.”said the club president, Gabriele Aranda in an interview with Radio Universidad, in which he admitted having received telephone threats, which he reported to the Court.

“They want to link me to the drug issue, but I am calm and available to the Police and Aprevide. We want another Laferrere, the one of sporting successes, of work, of family. “Afterwards there are the police, who must do their job.”he indicated in the interview.

In the middle of last year they also arrested the man who had been vice president of Laferrere until August 2022. Esteban Quiñoneswith whom Justice investigated for connections The Villera Familythe controlling faction Chaki Chan. The director’s resignation is recorded in the minutes of the meeting which bears Aranda’s signature.

“They want to dirty us and you can see that Laferrere blames them in the media. We have always made ourselves available to Aprevide and the police. After the match was suspended, those from Aprevide came to check the stadium and found nothing, nor will they find anything, because the club has nothing to do with all this”, concluded Aranda.