The Monumental Stadium is leveled by tickets seized in the barra brava of Río Plate

The operation is part of a case that investigates the head of the Barrabrava River, Hector Caverna Godoy, where Friday 300 tickets were seized and about seven million pesos (US $ 175,000). the eve of the "super final of the century" suspended between the events of Argentine football.

River "s made available and provided the widest possible collaboration by providing all the information and documentation requested regarding the procedure of booking, selling and withdrawing tickets for matches," said the club in a statement.

After verifying that the notes seized on Friday were genuine, the court investigated any links between the "bar brava", nicknamed "drunks of the board" and the leaders of River.

The Argentine authorities linked the violence perpetrated Saturday around the court and against the bus that was carrying the Boca team to retaliation of the "barra brava" River for the operation the day before.

"It is clear that the facts are related, we are taking action against the" bars "and the economics of crime," said Marcelo D'Alessandro, Secretary of Security of Buenos Aires.

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Due to incidents with the Boca bus, which hit several players, the match was suspended three times over the weekend and finally postponed without a date. The results are expected Tuesday in Asunción, at the headquarters of the Conmebol.

Read also: Gianni Infantino denies pressuring Boca Juniors and River Plate.

The head of government of the Argentine capital, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, whose district was responsible for the failed security operation, said Sunday against "the mafia of Argentine football bars".

Due to the violence in football, the presence of an audience during the matches is prohibited since 2013, even if it could not stop the deaths: four in 2018 and 137 in the last 20 years , according to the NGO Salvemos al Futbol.

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