Death of Pillín Bracamonte: the body was moved to a cemetery in a town neighboring Rosario

This Tuesday, The body of ”Pillín” was buried in a cemetery in a town near Rosario and about 10 family members said goodbye to him in an intimate and quick ceremony in order to reduce movements.

The decision to move him came after several hours of uncertainty about where he was going to be buried, since Many cemeteries and garages refused to transport him for safety reasons..

On Monday night the referral to the El Prado cemeteryunder total secrecy. The security measures were due to the fact that, faced with the double crime that occurred on Saturday night, the neighbors fear reprisals and confrontations from different gangs, as well as who remains in charge of the leadership of the Central bar.

Finally, they reported that patrols were increased in the city of Santa Fe to avoid conflicts, but fear and uncertainty still take over Rosario.

The omen of ”Pillín” Bracamonte

The head of the Rosario Central brava gang foreshadowed his murder a few weeks ago in an interview and warned what was going to happen in the city of Santa Fe if that happened.

“If they kill me, the city will burn. The Minors want to keep part of the city. When they shot me in the Alem Los Monos park, they offered me a hunt that same night. They offered me ten cars with armed people to go out and look for those who had shot me. I stopped them because I don’t want to go back to jail,” he had expressed.

In different notes, the head of the bar had indicated that there were almost 30 times they tried to assassinate him, something that happened after the match with San Lorenzo where he was murdered along with his colleague Daniel “Rana” Attardo.

Who was Andrés “Pillín” Bracamonte

On Saturday, after Rosario Central’s defeat against San Lorenzo, Andrés “Pillín” Bracamonte, The team’s bar leader, and his second, Daniel “Rana” Attardo, were shot to death.

Bracamonte, who had led the paravalanches in the Gigante de Arroyito since 1999, was prohibited from access to the stadium since 2018. Throughout these 24 years, he was the subject of multiple accusations, arrests and convictions, from which he was released on several occasions.

A friend of Andrés “Pillín” Bracamonte stated that, since entering the Rosario Central bar, he was the target of at least 30 gunshot attacks. In July 2002, Bracamonte was ambushed in a gym on 1000 Ovidio Lagos Street, where he was shot three times in different parts of the body. Injuries included broken arms, a severed vein and a gunshot wound to the right leg.

In 2006, Bracamonte was ambushed again by unknown individuals, this time in front of his then residence in the north of Rosario. In that attack he was shot four times: one that went through his abdomen, another in each leg and one more in the ankle.

Already in February of this yeara group of attackers shot at the façade of the Los Álamos Country Clubthe country in Ibarlucea where he lived until his death. On that occasion, they also left a threatening note addressed to the leader of the bar.

Before the match between Rosario Central and Workshops for the 2018 Argentine Cup, “Pillín” Bracamonte was detained near the Lanús stadium while distributing protocol tickets. However, he was released after a couple of hours of delay.

The arrests of Andrés “Pillín” Bracamonte

In June 2010, Bracamonte was one of the ten Argentine bars who were denied entry to South Africa to encourage the National Team in the World Cup. More recently, in December 2023, he was detained for a week in an illicit association case linked to a local UOCRA leader, but was released before Christmas. Until his death, he had an open case for extortion.

As for Daniel “Rana” Attardo, the number two of the Rosario Central bar, He was a UPCN delegate at the Centenario Hospital in Rosario. In 2014, he was deported after trying to travel with his wife to the World Cup in Brazil. In an interview with Diario Perfil, he declared that the trip was his honeymoon andego any connection with conflicts or fights.