The Querétaro Prosecutor’s Office reported this Wednesday that two of the 14 detainees for the violent incidents that occurred on Saturday in the Querétaro-Atlas match of the Mexican Clausura 2022 were released because a judge decided not to link them to the process.
“(About) two defendants photographs were presented where their possible participation in the criminal event is displayed, however the judicial authority determined not to be linked to the process, since it considered that there was no certainty that the graphic materials presented as evidence were of the place and date of the events,” explained the Querétaro prosecutor’s office in a press release.
He also revealed that he will appeal the judge’s decision because he assures that the evidence provided is “compelling and sufficient to demonstrate the possible participation of the aggressors.”
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On Tuesday, the state prosecutor’s office located in central Mexico announced the arrest of 14 suspects involved in the confrontation between fans of Querétaro and Atlas at the La Corregidora stadium that left 26 injured.
The detainees were charged with the crimes of attempted murder, violence at sporting events and apology for the crime.
Six detainees will go to trial
Six of those captured have already been linked to the process and will remain in preventive detention.
The prosecution reported that for another two of the defendants, their defense requested an extension of the term to determine their legal situation for the accusations of attempted murder. Regarding the rest, the authority did not update the information.
12 arrest warrants remain to be completed
There are still 12 arrest warrants to be completed to capture the first 26 people that the prosecution identified after analyzing different evidence as probable aggressors at the La Corregidora stadium in Querétaro.
In addition to the people arrested, the institution seized “82 sportswear with logos of the Querétaro team, four pairs of tennis shoes -some with possible blood stains-, 22 cell phones and different indications” that will serve to continue with the investigations.
The violence generated by these people caused the Mexican Football Federation to announce on Tuesday that Querétaro will play its home games without fans for a year and must pay a fine of one and a half million pesos, about 75,000 dollars.
