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Buenos Aires to Charge Avellaneda Attackers With Attempted Homicide After Copa Sudamericana Violence

CONMEBOL advances a disciplinary case following a club video defense.

AMDEP1378. AVELLANEDA (ARGENTINA), 20/08/2025.- Hinchas de U de Chile se enfrentan en una tribuna este miércoles, en un partido de los octavos de final de la Copa Sudamericana entre Independiente y Universidad de Chile en el estadio Libertadores de América en Avellaneda (Argentina). EFE/ Juan Ignacio Roncoroni
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Overview

  • Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, said Governor Axel Kicillof informed him that identified assailants will be prosecuted for attempted homicide.
  • Chile sent Interior Minister Álvaro Elizalde to Buenos Aires for meetings with Argentina’s Security Minister Patricia Bullrich as both sides pledged cooperation on justice and security.
  • The IndependienteUniversidad de Chile match was abandoned early in the second half after severe clashes captured in widely circulated videos.
  • Authorities detained more than 100 people after the disorder, most were later released, and dozens were injured, including at least one fan previously in intensive care with a favorable prognosis.
  • CONMEBOL opened a disciplinary file with clubs required to submit defenses by Wednesday, and the Independiente stadium has been ruled unavailable for the club’s next fixture.