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Rubber bullets, stones, tear gas and evacuation of children: the serious incidents in the middle of the Godoy Cruz-Belgrano match


The riots that interrupted the match between Godoy Cruz and Belgrano Deportes

Fright gripped everyone in the meeting between Godoy Cruz and Belgrano de Córdoba. In it Malvinas Argentinas stadium From Mendoza, a group of about 600 fans tried to enter without tickets with the game already started and the police acted by firing rubber bullets and tear gas.

Half an hour into the game when several explosions began to be heard. Automatically, a group of the barrabrava of the Tomb He moved away from the popular stand and immediately a shower of stones began to fly from inside and outside the venue.

After more explosions and runs in that sector of the stadium, referee Leandro Rey Hilfer suspended the match for a few minutes, alerted by the public themselves. Many of them were women and children who were evacuated from the popular stands to the stalls area, or even the playing field itself, to try to shelter from the rain of stones and tear gas.

A baby is taken from the popular Malvinas Argentinas location in Mendoza.  Several children and families were evacuated and placed under shelter in the stalls.  The crowd responded with stones at the police and caused panic in the stands (TV Capture)
A baby is taken from the popular Malvinas Argentinas location in Mendoza. Several children and families were evacuated and placed under shelter in the stalls. The crowd responded with stones at the police and caused panic in the stands (TV Capture)

The cries of the children and babies, plus the concern of their families, led the Godoy Cruz players themselves to approach the area and ask the violent people to end this attitude that endangered everyone.

The firefighters also acted and allowed this large group of fans to move to a section of stalls, while in the background the vast majority of fans of the club could be heard. Tomb sing against their own barbarism: “Let them all go, let not a single one remain.” After a few minutes where fear took over everyone, calm returned to the stadium and the referee ordered the resumption of the match.

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A young man tries to shield the eyes of another child.  The tear gas launched outside the stadium entered the stands and there were moments of panic (TV Capture)
A young man tries to shield the eyes of another child. The tear gas launched outside the stadium entered the stands and there were moments of panic (TV Capture)

More images of the barbarism in Mendoza:

This is how they removed the children from the popular crowd to the stalls of the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza (TV capture)
This is how they removed the children from the popular crowd to the stalls of the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza (TV capture)
The firefighters acted quickly and allowed dozens of fans to be evacuated in the middle of the incidents (TV Capture)
The firefighters acted quickly and allowed dozens of fans to be evacuated in the middle of the incidents (TV Capture)
A child starts crying as a result of the fear and chaos that occurred in the Godoy Cruz stands (TV Capture)
A child starts crying as a result of the fear and chaos that occurred in the Godoy Cruz stands (TV Capture)


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