The leader of the Racing brava bar was arrested this Tuesday with a firearm, more than two million pesos and 7,000 dollars, and after threatening a police officer, during one of the raids that were carried out in the framework of the case for the confrontation with injuries that took place last May between fans of the Avellaneda club and the Colombian Deportivo Cali at the Gerli railway station for the theft of a flag, police and judicial sources reported.
the arrest of Leandro Emanuel Paredes (32), alias “Leo” and current head of the so-called “Imperial Guard”, was specified by members of the 5th police station. de Avellaneda in an address located in a building on Calle 29 de Septiembre at 3900 in the district of Lanús, in one of the three raids ordered by the Justice to locate him.
The original cause that motivated the procedure was the ambush with wounded and stabbed people that occurred on May 25, when Racing barrabravas intercepted supporters of the Deportivo Cali club in a formation of the Roca train at the Gerli station, in retaliation for a few days Before, the Colombians had stolen from the Cilindro de Avellaneda a flag from the local bar, with the legend of “Burzaco”, and exhibited it as a trophy on social networks.
The search did not originally include an arrest warrant, but during the procedure “Leo” Paredes threatened one of the police officers. In addition, a firearm was found on him: a special 38-caliber revolver with no mark or number, with four severed scabbards and an intact projectile in the barrel.
For these two reasons, the prosecutor in the case, Mariela Verónica Montero, from the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 4 of Avellaneda, ordered the arrest of the accused Barrabrava, whom she left charged with “illegal possession of a weapon of war and threats against personnel.” police”, crimes for which he will be investigated in the next few hours.
In addition to the firearm, The Police seized 2,253,000 pesos, 7,050 dollars and nine cell phones in the raided apartment.
They also found him and seized a shirt from the Deportivo Cali club, which is presumed to have been stolen from one of the fans with whom they clashed on the train in May.
