US EditionDetained Chileans Freed Two Days After Football Brawl in Argentina
104 Universidad de Chile fans detained after violence at Avellaneda football match were released; 19 injured including two in serious condition, officials said.
- Argentine authorities released 104 Chileans detained after a violent brawl interrupted the Copa Sudamericana match on Wednesday in Buenos Aires.
- The fighting erupted inside Independiente's Libertadores de América stadium, breaking out during the second-leg last-16 encounter and causing the game to end early after 48 minutes.
- During the match, supporters clashed violently using blades, sticks, and a stun grenade, resulting in 19 injuries, with two individuals remaining in critical condition; this led a prosecutor to mandate the stadium's closure pending investigation.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino condemned the violent incidents as barbaric and urged for strong punitive measures, while Buenos Aires Security Minister Javier Alonso indicated that approximately 20 legal proceedings are expected following 125 arrests.
- The incident highlighted ongoing fan violence in South American football and triggered protests in Santiago demanding the detained Chileans' release and raised the possibility of disqualifying one or both clubs.
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced today that 104 fans of the football club Universidad Chile were released from Argentine prisons, after the clash in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana with Argentine Independiente.
The Argentine judicial authorities ordered Friday the release of more than a hundred Chilean citizens who had been arrested after the violent confrontation with local fans during a South American Cup match.
One night of South American football ended in chaos and violence in Avellaneda This after several incidents recorded during the match back Wednesday for the eighth finals of the South American Cup between Independiente and Universidad de Chile starring barbravas of both teams inside and outside the Libertadores stadium of America. The match must have been suspended. At least 10 people were injured, several of them seriously, and more than 100 Ch…
Argentina frees 104 Chilean fans two days after bloody Copa Sudamericana chaos in Buenos Aires, Boric mulls legal action
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