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The Public Prosecutor's Office has named three
Alianza FC team officials, including the president, the security
manager and the financial manager, as well as the general
manager of Estadios Deportivos de El Salvador (EDESSA) and the
person in charge of the stadium keys, who will be prosecuted for
culpable homicide, culpable injury and public damage.
"Negligence in the organisation and greed, by over-selling,
generated a human avalanche that caused the loss of lives, as
well as injuries and endangered the safety of the attendees.
They will be brought before the courts in the coming days," the
Prosecutor's Office said on Twitter on Thursday.
A total of 12 fans died and hundreds were treated by rescue
services last Saturday after a stampede was reported at one of
the entrances to the general sector of the Cuscatlan stadium, an
event that shocked football internationally.
According to the institution's investigations, the gates
provided were not sufficient for the number of fans and the
entrances were not opened early enough for an orderly and safe
entry.
The organisers, having sold out the tickets available for the
sporting event, decided to illegally sell tickets issued for
previous matches, it added.
Reuters could not immediately contact those named or their
lawyers.
Salvadoran Football Federation fined Alianza FC $30,000 and
handed down a one-year stadium ban on Tuesday.
On Wednesday night, El Salvador's football authorities ended the
2022-2023 professional league championship to focus on
reinforcing security measures for the events.
(Reporting by Nelson Renteria in El Salvador, Writing by
Angelica Medina in Mexico City; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
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