Argentina’s minister of nationwide safety Patricia Bullrich despatched an inventory to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires on Monday that included the names of greater than 15,000 violent soccer followers who can be banned from attending this summer time’s Membership World Cup.
“The record contains greater than 15,000 individuals who can be banned from stadiums,” Bullrich stated, per Reuters. “For us, that is extraordinarily essential as a result of no violent one that has dedicated any crime in Argentine stadiums will have the ability to attend this sporting occasion.”
The record of names was created by way of the “Tribuna Segura” program, which detects individuals who have been banned from stadiums in Argentina.
“For the reason that starting of this authorities, ‘Tribuna Segura’ has monitored greater than 4 million folks in 1,328 matches,” Bullrich, who has been in her present function since 2023, when Javier Milei grew to become the president of Argentina, stated. “Now we have detected 1,166 folks with arrest warrants and have issued greater than 40 administrative resolutions proscribing entry to stadiums.”
The Membership World Cup, which can happen within the U.S. from June 14 to July 13, may have two groups from Argentina collaborating – Boca Juniors and River Plate. Boca Juniors have been positioned into Group C and can tackle Germany’s Bayern Munich, Portugal’s Benfica and New Zealand’s Auckland Metropolis within the group stage. River Plate, in the meantime, are in Group F and can play Italy’s Inter, Mexico’s Monterrey and Japan’s Urawa Crimson Diamonds within the group stage.