Overview
- Officers held Álvarez and more than 100 from the Los Diablos Rojos faction near the Libertadores de América hours before Independiente faced Rosario Central.
- Authorities cited the offense of public intimidation for the detentions, according to official sources.
- Aprevide flagged over 150 rapid membership-card renewals at the club’s Avellaneda headquarters and requested the list of authorized members.
- Independiente did not provide the requested data, prompting Aprevide to expand the security deployment from 450 to 570 officers.
- Rival barra factions escalated tensions with public threats and displays in Barracas, while officials said they would keep the operation in place and did not expect incidents during entry.