And Carabinero was charged and is being investigated by justice by the death of two colo colo fans occurred In the previous game against Fortaleza de Brazil, valid by Group E of the Copa Libertadores, which was suspended by Conmebol after the invasion of the playing field of local fans alerted to those deaths.
Chilean Public Security Minister Luis Cordero also indicated in a press conference that The uniformed was separated from their functionswaiting to conclude research on your alleged responsibility.
The same official revealed, in parallel, that he accepted the resignation of Pamela Venegas, head of the Institution Stadium Seguro.
For his part, prosecutor Francisco Morales, cited by the Chilean digital newspaper Oncehe referred to the alleged criminal responsibility of the police and explained that “The person who was driving the car for the moment has the quality of accused”, although He was not arrested because “there is no cause that enables” that action, at least until the early hours of this Friday.
Morales added that “all proceedings are being carried out in order to clarify or determine whether or not to participate” of the uniformed.
Although the original hypothesis was that the child and the young woman were crushed because of the stampede produced by the police intervention, stories of witnesses and the sister of one of the victims point to the fact that it would have been a “zorillo”, a police vehicle that launches toxic gases, which would have passed over them and would have crushed them.
In statements released by the local press, Bárbara Pérez, the young woman’s sister, denounced that the police lieand insisted that she had her entry bought and demanded justice.
“She came with entrance to hand, card and everything. They were not going to strain, as they say,” he said.
The victim, Fan of Colo Colo, attended the game with two friends when, according to preliminary reports, a police vehicle throws gases (skilled) ran over her. Nicolás, her friend, grabbed her to save her, but the car went on to take her the same.
It was crushed. I will not give more details because it is very hard, ”he said, although he insisted that the driver’s driver” never showed up or gave explanations. “
The young woman also questioned the preliminary story of the Military Police, which blamed the victim’s friends, two of whom were arrested and taken to declare.
“Carabineros accused them of provoking the accident, but they only tried to enter the stadium like anyone. We know nothing about them because they were treated as criminals,” he said.
Then, he added: “The driver fled. Only one officer had the decency to talk to me. No one has contacted us from the Prosecutor’s Office … “Why didn’t the car stop if he saw young people there?” He asked.
“We are workers, we have no resources. I need help to sue. This will not remain that way. My mom is destroyed. The future was taken from my sister, ”he lamented.
Barbara, who keeps her sister’s beaten mobile phone as proves with the entrance bought and with her identity document, reminded the young woman as a “quiet” person, who “did not generate disorders.”
“He was always a fan. He went to the stadium to have a good time. Now he only remains to ask for justice. This cannot be repeated,” he demanded.
Minutes before, prosecutor Morales had explained that there was “a stampede that implies the fall of a fence and, at this time, it is being investigated if some police car had, finally, in the death.”
“For now, what is known is that one of the bars crushes these two young people with a greater weight, a weight that can be attributable to different causes and all are being investigated as possible work hypotheses to be able to determine which was, finally, the cause of the death of these young people,” he added.
According to that same version, “these people, according to the preliminary background, along with at least one hundred other subjects, tried to throw bars with the interest of trying to the monumental stadium and it is in that unclear context, for the moment, that the fact is verified.”
“We are working with all technical means and, in addition, with the cameras that are in the place to determine the form of occurrence of the facts,” he said.
Despite the incidents, The game started with the stadium full, but it was suspended at 72 minutes Because of an invasion of the court by the fans of Colo Colo and for the incidents that continued to produce throughout the night outside the stadium.
In this context, the Institute of Human Rights (INDH) of the Metropolitan Region announced, for its part, that it is “evaluating judicial actions” for the death of the two young people.
“All this for the purpose of lifting all the necessary information and background that will help us to evaluate the judicial actions to follow in this serious case,” said Beatriz Contreras, Chief Metropolitan, before pointing out that he will contact the East Prosecutor’s Office and the head of Carabineros metropolitan zone to know their versions.