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Court Orders Racing Club to Pay Nearly 200 Million Pesos Over 2013 Clubhouse Killing

The judge said the club bore an absolute security duty to people on its premises.

Overview

  • Judge Jorge Sobrino Reig ruled that Racing, its insurer, and the convicted attackers must pay ARS 199,720,000 plus interest and costs to Nicolás Pacheco’s family.
  • The decision is a first-instance civil judgment and can be appealed to the Cámara Nacional en lo Civil.
  • The court grounded liability in a consumer-like relationship that imposed a security obligation of result on the club.
  • The ruling cited serious operational lapses at the Nogoyá headquarters, including lack of entry and exit controls, violation of closing hours, and people remaining overnight.
  • The civil court relied on established criminal findings from 2016 that convicted Aníbal Domínguez Butler, Enrique Rulet, and Juan Carlos Rodríguez for the homicide, rejecting Racing’s attempt to disclaim responsibility.