Overview
- Buenos Aires provincial police, under UFI 4 oversight, arrested Álvarez and more than 200 members of the dissident Los Diablos Rojos near the Los Siete Puentes access to the Libertadores de América stadium.
- Detainees were booked on public-intimidation and sports‑event disorder offenses, and transfers were made to Avellaneda’s Comisaría Nº 1 for processing.
- Authorities seized a Barracas‑inscribed flag, roughly 20 banners and tirantes, 13 drums and 94 umbrellas as evidence tied to the alleged instigation.
- Security was reinforced from about 450 to 570 officers, the feared clash between factions was averted, and the match started without incidents in the stands.
- Aprevide flagged more than 150 last‑minute membership updates and says Independiente did not supply the requested list, as probes continue into an internal power struggle involving leaders such as Mario Nadalich and Juani Lenczicki; four rubber‑bullet injuries were reported among the detained group.