The investigation of the murder of an ultra leader of Central Rosary along with another member of the barra brava at the exit of an Argentine League match, in the city of Rosaryprovince of Santa Fe, keeps “multiple hypotheses” open, according to official sources reported this Monday.
There are still no arrests for the murders of Andrés ‘Pillín’ Bracamonte53 years old, head of the brave bar of Central Rosary for 30 years, and Daniel ‘Rana’ Atardo55, identified as his right hand man, which occurred on Saturday at 9:43 p.m. (0:43 GMT), near the stadium Creek Giant.
The Homicide Prosecutor, Alejandro Ferlazzostated that there were at least three attackers, who fled from the truck where they were traveling. Bracamontethat he received eleven shots, made with the “same weapon” of “caliber 9 millimeters”, and that each body had five bullet holes.
“The working hypotheses are multiple where this attack could come from,” he said. Ferlazzowhich “exceeds the issue of managing the fans of Rosarythat is, it extends to other possible illicit businesses.”
The intervening Regional Prosecutor, Matias Merloindicated that the prosecutor’s office is going to “group into this working group” other investigations, such as the attempted murder of Bracamonte after another game in Rosario last August, the shooting he suffered at his home and other attacks that happened years before when one of his children entered school.
The Minister of Justice and Security of Santa Fe, Pablo Cococcioniwarned that from the police point of view the “fact could not have been foreseen” because Bracamonte He had been the target of 29 attempts on his life, despite which “he was with very few self-preservation measures and showing himself and repeating his routines” and “he was prohibited from entering stadiums.”
The homicide set off alarms in both national and provincial authorities because Rosary It has been plagued for decades by the drug trafficking business and clashes between gangs for control of the territory.
“It is a striking and worrying fact,” he admitted. Cococcioni.
Since that same Saturday night, “a team exclusively to investigate these phenomena” began to be formed, by putting at the disposal of the prosecutor’s office “all available resources from the police, investigative and intelligence areas, both provincial and national, and all the resources that are necessary to find the prompt clarification of this fact.”
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The coordination between nation and province seeks to “prevent this fact from being used to establish a return to the past in the city.” Rosary“he emphasized Cococcionibecause “it took a lot to get out of a tough situation” in which the previous two years ended with almost 300 intentional homicides in Rosario. “We are going to take maximum care of what was achieved in these eleven months,” he added.
According to sources from the Ministry of Security of Santa Felast year the number of murders – mostly linked to drug trafficking – amounted to 261 victims, while two months before the end of 2024 it stands at 81.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandra Monteolivaadded that the deployment of security forces is being “reviewed” and “areas are being reinforced,” highlighting that “a point has been reached in the city of Rosary and it is not the intention to lower our arms or sacrifice efforts.
