Avellaneda and Universidad de Chile They were attacked on Wednesday with knives, sticks and grenades of rumble within the Libertadores de América stadium, in a battle that left 19 injured, two of which are still serious.
In total, 104 Chileans were released who were at different police stations in the province of Buenos Aires, according to the judicial letter to which the AFP had access.
Some, stripped of clothing and documents in the middle of the Gresca, were assisted by the consulate that provided them.
Upon arrival at the Santiago airport, this Friday, a dozen fans criticized the Argentine Police.
“There was repression (of the police). There were children with their parents hidden in a corner. It was a very difficult time,” Jaime Castillo, 74, told AFP.
Most Chileans are expected to return from Buenos Aires by land.
“In La Tribuna, I was shown to sticks and iron, they stole everything,” said Ignacio Castro, a 38 -year -old Chilean psychologist, in front of the Chilean Consulate in Buenos Aires.
“When I went down to ask the police for help, they took me to the hospital, they sutured me and put me detained as one more for damage, disorders and injuries,” he added, with his face still bruised by the blows.
The Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, insisted on his call to end the violence that has hit South American football without truce.
“We will continue working to eradicate violence in the stadiums and at the same time defending the rights of our compatriots,” added the president, who sent his Interior Minister to Buenos Aires on Thursday to supervise the case.
“Barbara”
The confrontation forced to cancel at minute 48 the turn game that was played for the round of 16 of the South American Cup in Avellaneda, southern Buenos Aires.
The chaos began when followers of the Chilean team threw sticks, bottles, seats and even toilets from the superior popular tribune against the fans of Independiente who were at the bottom, according to an AFP journalist in the place. The response of members of the local bar was inclement.
The Chilean Interior Minister, Álvaro Elizalde, visited the injured at the Fiorito de Avellaneda hospital on Friday, and announced the signing of a memorandum with Argentina to prevent violence in football.
Two Chileans continue in serious condition, one with skull trauma and another with cervical fracture, according to the medical part.
The wounded with the most critical picture is the fan who threw himself into the void from the gallery when he was cornered by the rival fans. A roof cushioned its fall, according to a Chilean authority.
Stadium closing request
The Independent Stadium, the most laureate team of the Libertadores with seven titles, was closed until the expert reports concluded.
“The prosecutor requested the closure (of the stadium) because there are liver spots (blood) in the stands and there are no expertise,” Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Javier Alonso, to Radio10 said Friday.
The degrees show the magnitude of the fight: remains of projectiles, stones, plunged seats, iron and masonry remnants that were torn from the bathrooms to throw them.
“Yesterday (Thursday) there was a very important identification work. There are about twenty judicial causes,” Alonso said without providing further details.
“There are people who have to account because there is a security company that had to be and was not. The Conmebol coordinator was warned three times that the party had to be suspended and did not want to,” the minister accused.
The security of the meeting was in charge of Independiente, according to Conmebol, and has been questioned by various voices, including that of Boric, which denounced an “unacceptable lynching of Chileans.”
Waiting for sanctions
The brutal images of the clashes, one of the worst of recent years in Latin American football, turned the world around.
The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, demanded on Thursday “exemplifying sanctions.”
Conmebol, which promised to act with “the greatest firmness” against those responsible, evaluates reports to issue possible sanctions.
The punishments can reach the disqualification of one or both clubs, something that has not happened since 2015 when Boca Juniors was marginalized in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores for incidents in an Argentine superclassic against River Plate.
