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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 10:05 UTC

Tag: botafogo

  • Saturday, October 26th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Brazilian Police do it again: 20 Peñarol fans remanded in Rio

    “We were defending ourselves from an attack,” a Peñarol fan said about the clash with supporters of Rio teams Botafogo, Flamengo, and Fluminense

    A total of 21 supporters of Uruguayan football club Peñarol were arrested this week in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro before a match with Botafogo and charged with racism, damage, and criminal association. “Nobody justifies criminal behavior, but this was a scandal,” said Peñarol's lawyer and former President Jorge Barrera. Brazil's criminal procedural legislation contemplates “these regrettable but foreseeable results,” he added.