In April 2014, Luis Diego Areiza Garcés (known as El Loco), a 25-year-old Colombian young man, arrived in Rosario, Argentina, to watch the Atlético Nacional match, a team of which he was a fan, against Newell’s Old Boys. , during the Copa Libertadores.
According to the Argentine media La Capital, prior to the sporting event a fight occurred in Independencia Park. In the middle of the fight, Luis Diego Areiza was seriously injured by Johan Andrey RP (known as El Oso), as he stabbed him several times.
“The Bear stabbed him four times in the neck.the left intercostal region, the left hand, the left hand and the shoulder on the same side. The worst of the injuries pierced his lung.“, reported at the time the media cited above.
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When the attack occurred, Johan Andrey RP fled the scene. It was learned that he went to the place where he was staying to collect his belongings and escaped.
Atlético Nacional fans assisted the badly injured young man while he was helped by the Municipal Urban Guard. They took him to a medical center to save his life, but after two surgeries and a week in the ICU, he died on April 17.
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The key clue to finding the murderer of Luis Diego Areiza
Although the crime occurred in front of 20 other people, only one declared to the Argentine authorities that he had seen the fight from about 30 meters away and that when he approached he realized that Luis Diego was being stabbed by Johan Andrey RP After this testimony, the head of the Specialized Homicide Unit issued an arrest warrant at the national level and with Interpol, since it was believed that ‘The Bear’ had fled to São Paulo, Brazil.
The other fans who witnessed the crime spoke before the Attorney General’s Office in Medellín, which allowed the homicide investigation to continue.
A decade later justice was served
Johan Andrey RP was captured on May 17, 2023, in Medellín (for another investigation), and extradited on December 10, 2024 to Argentina for the crime of simple intentional homicide of Luis Diego Areiza. It was not until December 13 that the indictment hearing was held at the Criminal Justice Center. They gave him preventive detention.
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Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/hincha-del-atletico-nacional-que-habia-acabado-con-otro-colombiano-fue-extraditado-a-argentina-rg10
