By Victor Kanayo
Up to 6000 violent Argentine fans have been banned from entering any stadium when the 2022 World Cup gets underway in Qatar later in November.
They include violent fans involved in illegal associations and even those in debt for food dues.
According to the Buenos Aires city Justice and Security Minister Marcelo D’Alessandro who spoke in an interview on a local radio station, 3000 out of the entire number are “barrabravas” who are not allowed to attend local league matches.
“The violent ones are here and in Qatar. We want to bring peace back to football and that the violent ones are outside the stadiums.
“They were included for belonging to the barras (violent fans), for participating in violent acts, for illicit associations such as “trapitos” (banned street businesses) and for owing maintenance payments (from divorced parents),” he said.
To carry out the controls in Qatar, the official said that “as always in the World Cups, delegations of different police bodies (of the country) will be sent to work together with the Qatari security authorities”
In June, the national security ministry signed a cooperation agreement with the Qatari embassy to prevent Argentine hooligans, as violent fans are commonly known, from attending the World Cup.
This year’s biennial soccer event will kick-off on November 20, 2022.
