The violence all around Colombian football unstoppable roll like a ball. It’s not uncommon to see news about it clashes between supporters, assaults, traffic accidents, robberies, injuries or deaths. Vandalism, criminal and criminal acts appear on the scene on every date. Some with media attention, others unnoticed because they occur far from the stadiums.
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The previous weekend was no exception: the Tolima millionaires party It was suspended without being able to play a single minute. When the teams are already on the playing field of the Manuel Murillo Toro Stadiumof Ibague, and the referee Wilmar Roldan got ready to blow the first whistle, a fan of Deportes Tolima, alexander montenegro, invaded the field of play and hit the blue midfielder Daniel Catanowho sat on his back.
Cataño, who went through the red wine set, fell to the grass, got up and responded to the attack before police arrested and prosecuted the person.
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Fortunately, there were no short-edged weapons against the player and he only received an impact to the neck and back, but in the streets of Tolú, Sucre, the matter was more tragic. One dead and nearly 30 injured resulted from a confrontation between residents of the coastal municipality and baristas from Atlético Bucaramanga who accompanied the Leopard team in the game that drew 1-1 against Jaguares, the previous Friday in Montería.
Rafael Baldovino, Born in Tolú, the 35-year-old lost his life in this new chapter of blood that stains national football, sport and society in general.
The former Minister of Sports, Ernest Lucena, current deputy for sports affairs of the Ombudsman, He assured that the problem of bars far from the sports venues is as bad as it was presented in Toludian territory.
“The problem of violence in football outside stadiums is quite serious. First I want to glorify the work of the social neighborhood outside the stadiums, they work with their communities in various entrepreneurial, pedagogical or cultural projects, but beyond that work it is seen that in some cases the invisible boundaries are present, intimidating messaging through networks and attacks outside the stadiums, even on days when there are no matches. Therefore, social barrismo is one thing and another is a group of criminals who want to use the fans by hiding in a shirt to commit criminal acts. There are criminals who use children and members of the bars. That transcends the sports issue, it becomes a public security issue that we have to work on,” said Lucena in conversation with THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Source: El heraldo
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