The Agency for the Prevention of Violence in Sport (APREVIDE) private security personnel will be sanctioned what caused the riots riots and incited violence, as indicated by current regulations and the provincial Sports Law. The incident occurred on Thursday, after the match between the La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club against Goiás at the “Juan Carmelo Zerillo” Stadium, for the Conmebol Sudamericana Cup.
At the end of the match, the members of the La Plata Departmental Security Police Station detained Celso Leonardo Lamarquez the company employee Road Seguritywho was identified on the field of play and through audiovisual images, when he insulted and threw a plastic chair against the perimeter fence that divides the Centenario grandstand from the playing field, causing the exaltation of local supporters who were leaving the stadium.
As a result of the events, the Correctional Court No. 3 of La Platasince those in charge of the security operation recorded photographs of the forceful elements thrown from the stands into the field sector, to continue with the pertinent investigations.
As already reported 0221.com.arIn the midst of the heated atmosphere that flew over the Juan Carmelo Zerillo, chants and insults were heard from the stands, not only for the referee, but also for the club authorities and the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). It was in that framework that The security officer ran into several of the fans and made a reprehensible decision: he took a stool and threw it violently against the wire fence where the fans were crowding..
The entire situation was filmed by several witnesses, the images reached the networks and went viral, arousing widespread repudiation.
In the video that took over Twitter -and that was provided as evidence by Gymnastics- you can clearly see a man dressed in a suit taking a plastic bench centimeters from the lime line and then throwing it ferociously against one of the stands that gives to the forest. Although nothing is known about what generated the violent reaction, the truth is that the attacker was expelled from the stadium immediately and left guarded by police officers to be taken to the Ninth police station.
Blinded by the anger over the defeat and a questionable arbitration, at first the triperos fans believed that it was a CONMEBOL employee, so the attitude unleashed a barrage of insults against the organization; but the truth is that later It was learned that it was actually an outsourced employee who is part of the private security that the club itself hired in order to protect the safety of the people.
