Despite the legal efforts being made Riverthe four players on the women’s soccer team of the Núñez club in Brazil they passed the Christmas in the Santana de San Pablo women’s prisonwhere they have been since Friday after having starred in a scandal with racist gestures in a match against Guild for the tournament Ladies Cupto which Núñez’s team was invited and after the recent episodes was sanctioned for two years without being able to participate. Furthermore, they remain incommunicado.
River sent a team from its legal department, which joined Gabriela Cenozthe club’s women’s soccer president, to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and that the players Candela Díaz, Milagros Díaz, Juana Cángaro and Camila Duarte are released.
And although from a legal perspective they carried out all the pertinent procedures, since the defense, led by the São Paulo lawyer Thais Sankaripresented a habeas corpusand they even paid bail, as he learned Clarionthe Brazilian justice system did not agree to release them on Tuesday. They alleged administrative inconveniences. It is assumed, then, that this Thursday they would be released so that they can return to Argentina and reunite with their families, after days of great anguish, but no one can confirm this yet.
At least, they were able to speak with the club’s lawyer and when they found out that the president of the area had stayed in Saint Paulthey felt some relief knowing that they were not alone.
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Due to the incidents, the game was suspended in the first half when they tied 1-1.
The cases of racism are considered as serious crimes under Brazilian law and have strict penalties. Beyond the recording of the images of the match, in which six River players were expelled, everything was later enhanced with Gremio’s criminal complaint.
The most complex situation is that of Candela Díaz, due to the evidence recorded on video of the discriminatory actin which she made the gesture of a monkey, while her companions Milagros Díaz, Juana Cángaro and Camila Duarte face accusations for conduct derived from the same context. They are accused of racist insults, which they deny.
That situation occurred, according to what the images show, when they were arguing with a ball reacher who mistreated them in the middle of the playing field. However, the young Brazilian was not detained.
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Due to the incidents, the game was suspended in the first half when they tied 1-1.
River, for its part, has already announced that it will take disciplinary measures important with the players and will open an internal process, but that will be for later. The most important thing now is that the players are free and can return to Argentina.
From River, on Monday, when asked by this newspaper, they confirmed that the arrest and the measures taken by the Brazilian authorities “are disproportionate”, regardless of the “reprehensible attitude of the players, about which we speak out against and for which “The institution will take the necessary measures to apply the corresponding sanction.”
And they added: “The club has already sent legal teams to Brazil to address the situation and is in permanent contact with the players’ family to bring them peace of mind.”