Argentina’s government has shared a list of fans it has deemed to be violent with the U.S. government ahead of the upcoming Copa América.
On Wednesday, Argentina’s Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich released a statement on X saying that her government had shared a list of names as part of its “Safe Tribunes” program.
“We have agreed with the United States to provide information from the Safe Tribunes program of all violent individuals we prohibit from entering soccer stadiums, so that none of them can enter them during the competition.”
“We have a long-standing agreement with CONMEBOL to send them the lists,” Bullrich said. “In this case, since the Copa will be played in the United States, we sent the admission right lists to the embassy due to our agreement with the State Department.”
Bullrich added that the idea is to “prevent [those on the list] from entering the country, but we will see if they do it that way. We say these people in Argentina cannot enter stadiums because they are violent. We let them know. The methodology that the country uses is a matter for each individual.”
Violence among Argentina supporters has become a growing issue in recent years. A fan was killed in 2022 as a match between Gimnasia y Esgrima and Boca Juniors had to be suspended.
Last year, fans of Boca and Brazilian side Fluminense were arrested in Rio de Janeiro following clashes ahead of the Copa Libertadores final.
Earlier this year, two fans in Argentina were killed in two separate incidents on the same weekend.
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