The Argentine football superclassic It is sold and, rightly, to the world as one of the most unmissable parties, whether played in La Bombonera or the Monumental. But like any extensive episode of this sport, it also has not so pleasant stories and that has little to do with what happens on the playing field.
The Door tragedy 12 It is not another fact for all Argentines, it was a before and after that it had a fatal result. One of the darkest pages of the book of sports shows that have been played in the country, which began with a fact of negligence that became a catastrophe that should be prohibited from forgetting so that it does not happen again.
The biggest tragedy of Argentine football: what happened at the door 12
Until not long ago, there was not spoken from 0 to 0 between Mouth and River In a new edition of the Superclassic of Argentine football or institutions neither were the greatest tragedy that has occurred in this sport. A 71 dead balanceyears without responses or responsible. All this happened June 23, 1968.
Gate 12 was assigned to leave the partiality of the blue and gold team, the exit of the tunnel to reach the hall began to fill with people and the pressure did not stop increasing. This pushed those who were ahead, who began to fall on the stairs and accumulate along, which led to a kind of “cap.” The human stampex left the shocking figure of 71 deaths and 113 injured, although some media report that there were more than 200.
Other versions suggest that the number of dead people also exceeds 85, but what is not yet clarified is those responsible. This is due that there are several theories and an accomplice corrupt justice of those who have generated such a tragedy.
More than 70 dead and not a single responsible
While they were prosecuted Américo di Viertio and Marcelino Cabreratwo directors of River, after the expertise, the Appeals Chamber He declared them innocent and sentenced that what happened at Puerta 12 was accidental. The bodies were delivered to the relatives and did not perform autopsies.
Different hypotheses today arise with the testimonies of the time. The most sustained by those who could witness the facts is that the mounted police repressed the people of Boca for singing the Peronist marchbanned at that time since the dictatorship of Juan Carlos Onganía. At the exit, the troops on horseback repressed at the door, before this was generated panic and finished creating the Human stampede In minutes.
Until 2008, none of the clubs had spoken for the tragedy. The documentary “Door 12” made by Pablo Tesoriere It was vital to stop being a taboo issue in Argentine football. Now, at each meeting of the Assembly of Partners for the Budget, which is always held in mid -June, a minute of silence is made.
In 2008, River also inaugurated a plaque by door M, which changed its name and it was the door 12. The same remembers the deceased and even remains there after the remodeling of the Monumental stadium. Both institutions had deceased fans and in the two clubs there are plates with the names that are known today.
Source: Ambito
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