Another day in Argentine football and sadly another bloody incident of football violence which has claimed a further two lives. Last night, a clash between barra bravas of Club Atlético San Telmo and local rivals, Sportivo Dock Sud led to the deaths of two members, adding to a worryingly increasing number. The spotlight is well and truly back on the AFA as the violence associated with football shows no signs of lessening since the ban on visiting fans.

The latest incident occured after Dock Sud’s match against Talleres de Remedios de Escalada as the group of supporters crossed the returning San Telmo barras who had travelled to see their side play against Defensores de Cambaceres.

As fighting broke out, shots were fired and 28-year-old, Daniel Sánchez was killed. Two more men were taken to hospital and this morning, Javier Araujo was also announced dead from the bullet wound he suffered.

In the same week that a similar deadly shootout occurred in an internal barra dispute at Almirante Brown and the son of the leader of Quilmes’ barra bravas was found killed, football violence would appear as bad as ever in Argentina, despite AFA’s current ban on visiting supporters in an effort to stem the bloodshed.

This in addition to the reports of shots being fired outside La Bombonera on Sunday evening as a result of another internal power struggle all makes for very unsettling news. A very common thread in many of these incidents is the fact that they are between rival barra brava factions within the same club and so a new strategy must be decided upon if this problem is to be resolved.

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