The Computer Crime Prosecutor’s Office investigates the complaint for threats via mail to the assistant referee Martín Soppi, reported the head of Communication of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Javier Benech. The threat came days before Soppi referee the match between Nacional and Montevideo City Torque scheduled for this Sunday, February 6, a game that gave up refereeing due to the situation. The prosecutor in charge of the case is Silvia Pérez.
Finally the match was not played due to the strike that the Uruguayan Association of Soccer Referees (Audaf) approved on Saturdayin repudiation of this act of violence along with two others that occurred in recent days: the threat to the line Horacio Ferreiro after refereeing the match between Nacional and Liverpool, and the threat to the referee Gustavo Tejera after the match between Danubio and Peñarol disputed this Saturday, by a photographer.
Regarding the latter case, a complaint was made by the arbitrators but this did not reach the instance of a party in the Flagrancia Prosecutor’s Office, instance necessary to continue a complaint of threats, so no criminal investigation into the caseBenech explained. This type of crime cannot be investigated ex officio.
Administrative sanctions may be imposed by the tenant club, Danubio, or by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF)who in a statement in support of the referees stated that “works to combat” all kinds of “actions that attempt” against local football players, and to “sanction their authors” within your jurisdiction.
