The head of Argentina’s Federal Police, Román Di Santo, has made a criminal complaint over a death threat he received.
According to police sources, Di Santo had already received several warnings believed to be related to the investigation headed by the chief when he requested a search of the Federal Police’s central offices, under suspicion that officers were working alongside Boca Juniors’ ‘barra brava’ hooligans.
The Police chief found on the doorstep of his home a cutting from a sports newspaper, which contained an article about Boca hooligans. Written over the text by hand was the phrase, «we will find you», while a reference in the article to coffins had been highlighted by those who sent the threat.
Judge Manuel De Campos, who is also investigating a case related to Boca hooligans receiving membership cards as well as the deadly shootout in July that left two members of ‘La Doce’ dead, will be in charge of looking into the threats.
«Di Santo headed the request to investigate police who could be involved with Boca barras, but he also removed other officers in the intelligence section. We believe that, although it could have been hooligans that left the threat at his house, it has to be police officers who gave his address, whether they are still active or removed from service,» a Federal Police source explained.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald