Security Minister of Buenos Aires resigned – International Football – Sports

The Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Martín Ocampo, has resigned from the post.the violent incidents of last Saturday in the prospect of the final of the Copa Libertadores, which have caused several injuries and thirty players of Boca Juniors arrested for the riots.

Ocampo resigned due to the failure of the security operation organized around the monumental stage of River Plate. Deputy Mayor Diego Santilli will take up his duties.

The riots delayed the date of the second Copa Libertadores final between the two most popular teams in Argentina due to injuries suffered by some Boca Juniors players after River fans threw stones at the bus in which they had arrived at the Monumental stadium. .

After what happened, a controversy arose as to whether responsibility for the lack of security lay with the city government or the national government, both of which provided police officers of their own competence.

Both local and national governments are convinced that the attack by Millionaire fans on the bus carrying Xeneize players was organized by the bravas (violent rapes).

However, this afternoon, police raided the Monumental stadium to look for information about the illegal resale of tickets. After Friday, a day before the match, the house of Héctor & # 39; Caverna & # 39; Godoy, one of the leaders of River Plate's Bravo Bar, where they were 7 million pesos (about $ 180,000) and 300 tickets for the meeting.

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