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Hooligans 'export' advice
14/02/2007 22:03 - (SA)
Buenos Aires - A sports daily newspaper says Argentina's notorious football hooligans are selling their trouble-making expertise abroad, principally to Colombia and Mexico.
The newspaper, Ole, quoted a government source as saying members of Argentina's barras bravas - a hardcore groups of fans - had travelled to the two countries to meet supporters and organise conferences, charging for their advice in US dollars.
The subject matter included terrace chants; the use of
weapons and methods for extorting money from club directors and
players.
The report said a leading fan from Mexico's Pumas, Unam, had twice visited Buenos Aires to get first-hand experience of
the methods used by the notorious Boca Juniors supporters club
known as La Doce (the 12th man).
He stayed in a top five-star hotel and continued the
exchange via e-mail after returning to Mexico.
The leader of La Doce, Rafael Di Zeo, was quoted as saying: "As far as the world's hooligans are concerned, La Doce is Harvard. They come here to learn."
Argentina has a chronic hooliganism problem that played
havoc with the Apertura championship in the second half of last
year.
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