Violence in football: more doubts than certainties about security in Argentina for the G20

The Superclásico between River and Boca for the Copa Libertadores left impunished barrabravas, serious security problems and political problems stuck in the midst of the scandal that erupted several days before the start of the G20.

After a day of fury and scandal, the society was again disappointed and embarrbaded a whole country in the international press because of the bad politics of clubs, football organizations and local government after the return Barrabravas to demonstrate the ease with which they must take hostage the favorite sport of the Argentines

"It is necessary to remember that during the first stage, in La Boca, the River microphone also stoned, but as there were no casualties, it was nothing, "he told In In the News Radio of Orbit of Sputnik, the journalist L 'Argentinein Pablo Lejder, producer of the program Bar code on violence in football. On November 2, Argentinian President Mauricio Macri sent a message on Twitter urging the final to be played with a guest audience.

The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, then declared in a television broadcast that the clashes would not be a problem since it was only in France. only played football matches. 19659006] "These were misguided words, they underestimated a match that, communicators to politicians and football players, was sold as a war, and that is why the events occurred "said Lejder. The flagrant flaws in the operation would suggest collusion between the security forces and the bar, or at least a degree of negligence and inexperience that is extremely serious if one takes into account the relevance and overall projection of this meeting and the proximity of the start of the G20 summit next Friday.

At the discretion of the reporter consulted, the November 24 police operation for the meeting was "the worst I retain from the history of Argentine football, a piece of paper, they sent Boca's microphone without guarding through the inhabitants of River, a madness.Today, we are not talking about who was the champion of the negligence of the police operation.

After the suspension of the meeting for an indefinite period, the head of the government of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, confirmed the hypothesis that they were barrabravas of the "millionaire" club that allegedly attacked the Boca bus the previous afternoon, in retaliation. Police confiscated 10 million pesos (nearly 260,000 dollars) and 300 tickets to the alleged head of "The Drunkards of the Council", Hector "Caverna" Godoy last Friday.

"There is a confection, an accomplice that happened with the microphone of Boca is a message from the river Barrabrava: if they could not enter the stadium, the match was not not played, and that's sadly what happened. "

The sum of embarrbading episodes cast doubt on the government's ability to cope with large-scale security operations in predictable scenarios. On 27 November, the clubs and the organization will meet in Asunción, Paraguay, to define the fate of the final match of the final, which now seems closer to being resolved in court than in the field. "If the game is not played, the barrabravas take it, everything now depends on the lawyers of both clubs, the Cup has already been distorted, all this madness has been diluted," concluded Lejder .

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For the moment, the episode cost the position of Martin Ocampo to the post of Minister of Buenos Aires Security. We will have to see where the tremor will go. The uncertainty behind this unfortunate episode is reinforced: is Argentina a reliable host to smoothly receive the meeting of the world's most important heads of state?