25 years after Andres Escobar’s death, threats of violence still plague Colombian football
Exactly 25 years ago, the bodyguard of a paramilitary warlord shot and killed one of...
Tag: soccer violence
Guns cocked as Medellin and Cali soccer rivalry escalates
Soccer hooligans from Deportivo Independiente de Medellin (DIM) have resorted to acts of...
Colombia imposes strict stadium entry rules to curb soccer violence
Soccer fans of five cities in Colombia will require a license to attend games from September while...
7 policemen injured in Bogota soccer riots
At least seven policemen were injured and one police post was damaged in soccer riots between...
3 killed in Cali celebrations after winning Colombia soccer league
Three people were killed and more than 70 were injured during celebrations of Deportivo...
8 killed in Bogota following Colombia World Cup victory: Mayor
Eight people have been killed in violence in Bogota that took place while Colombia was celebrating...
Soccer hooligan accused of murder captured by Colombia police
After a 17-day manhunt, Colombia police on Saturday announced the capture of the soccer hooligan...
Pope blesses Colombian club jersey and calls for soccer without violence
Pope Francis blessed the shirt of a Colombian soccer team jersey and called for peace after...
Colombia national team calls for ‘peace and tolerance’ in soccer
Colombia’s national soccer team wrote a public letter Thursday imploring soccer fans across...
Judge sentences hooligans to 40 years in prison for soccer-related murder
A pair of soccer hooligans on Friday were sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 2011 murder of a teenage rival soccer fan. According to witnesses for the prosecution, one of the suspects cornered the 15-year-old victim in the...
Bogota bans soccer-fan gatherings in public spaces
Bogota on Wednesday banned all soccer-fan gatherings in Colombia’s capital after a...
Soccer fans taken under fire outside Medellin; 1 killed
A fan of Colombian soccer club Once Caldas died Monday after the bus in which he was traveling was...
