The victory of San Lorenzo vs. Independiente in the first match of the summer of 2022, was completely overshadowed by what happened on the Autopista Bs As – La Plata in the run-up to the match. It all started when the buses that transported fans and bars of the Red They met a group of residents from the Rancho Grande neighborhood, who cut off traffic at kilometer 14, complaining regarding the lack of electricity.
The delays caused by the outage, which even affected the campus of Eduardo Dominguez, which arrived later at Uno, provoked the reaction of many of the members of the micros, who decided to go down to clear the path on their own. There were serious incidents with blows, stone blows and even firearms shots… To try to stop the pitched battle, which continued despite the fact that circulation had already been released, Police responded with rubber bullets.
The clashes left the unfortunate balance of one dead and two woundeds, although there is talk of more people affected. The deceased was identified as Juan Calvente, 35, Independiente fan, who was traveling in one of the Rojo buses heading to the Pincha stadium.
After what happened, the Avellaneda club published a strong statement in which it harshly targeted those in charge of the operation and asked for explanations from Sergio Berni and Carlos Montaña, the Minister of Security of the Province and the Chief of Staff.
The images of the incidents.
“From Club Atlético Independiente we want to convey our deep sorrow for the murder of Juan Calvente, fan of the club who today was going to the City of La Plata to watch the game once morest San Lorenzo de Almagro and He lost his life in an episode that is so far confusing and needs to be investigated immediately.”, the club began in the statement published on its website.
“We demand justice for Juan, for his family and his loved ones. We embrace his relatives and make the club available to obtain truth and justice. The negligence of the police forces and the people in charge of the security operation is inadmissible”, he continued, already pointing out those in charge of the operation as responsible.
The images of the incidents.
“Those who had to guarantee the safety of the professional team and the fans during the transfer directed them to the place where they knew that a demonstration was taking place. and the highway closure. For this, we demand the immediate resignation of all officials in charge of the operation and we demand an urgent explanation from the Minister Sergio Berni and his Chief of Staff Carlos Montaña”, the leadership added.
To close, they completed: “Club Atlético Independiente makes itself available to justice to clarify the events that occurred on the highway as also the destruction and looting produced in our Wilde property”.
Who is Carlos Mountain?
Carlos Montaña, in addition to being Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Security led by Berni, is also a person very close to Independiente. In fact, until September 2021 he was the 2nd Vice President of the Board of Directors chaired by Hugo Moyano.
However, following leaving his post, he changed lanes and Independent Unit joined the opposition list, which had Fabián Doman, Néstor Grindetti and Juan Marconi as main figures. Montaña had joined as a vowel. Finally, this group was not authorized by the Electoral Board, which only approved two of the three lists presented.
The images of the incidents.
But before the Elections, the group made a judicial presentation and finally it was decided to suspend the Elections.
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