The Government of the province of Buenos Aires dismissed this Friday the head of the police operation that acted in the meeting between Gimnasia de La Plata and Boca Juniors, where incidents occurred that killed one and caused its suspension.
In an official statement, the provincial government also reported that it ordered that all the elements be given to the prosecutor who intervened, while the spokesmen for the same told EFE that “the policemen identified in the repression videos have been removed , pending analysis of the situation.
The meeting between Gimnasia de La Plata and Boca Juniors, at the beginning of the twenty-fourth day of the Argentine Professional Soccer League, in the city of La Plata, capital of the province of Buenos Aires, was suspended on Thursday evening at the 9 minutes due to a serious disturbance that began outside the stadium by fans who could not enter, prompting the intervention of the police of the province of Buenos Aires with rubber bullets and tear gas.
A 57-year-old man died as a result of sudden death and non-traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest and was admitted to hospital without life support, according to the provincial government. Many people suffered breathing problems and others were hit by rubber bullets and sustained injuries, for which they had to be hospitalized.
“Unacceptable”
“It is unacceptable that thousands of people from La Plata had to live what they lived and, moreover, that the unfortunate fact that César Regueiro died in the framework of the meeting happened,” said the official statement this Friday. According to the same, seven of the eight people who sustained injuries and were assisted by the provincial health system have been discharged.
“It is evident that the operation carried out did not provide security to the attendees,” the provincial government acknowledged, indicating that Justice is investigating a possible “overselling of tickets.”
They claim political responsibilities
Both officials and opposition leaders since last night have pointed to the responsibility of the province’s Minister of Security, Sergio Berni, for the police operation.
However, Berni declared this Friday on the TN channel that he was “not” responsible for what happened, but the head and supervisor of the security operation, after acknowledging that “the police solved the situation in the worst way”, and denounced ” oversold the organization, gave out” tickets “far exceeding the capacity of the stadium”.
Opposition provincial deputies this Friday requested the “interpellation” of Berni in the provincial legislature for “serious repression” in La Plata, considering that he should “manage the terrible and disastrous actions of the force that he led himself.”
Source: La Verdad
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