Story By: Juan Mayes, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Golder’s News And Sport
Video Credit: Golders
The jailed leader of a hooligan gang is alleged to be the orchestrator of a rival club supporter’s vicious murder.
Uruguayan hooligan group ‘Cerro Norte’ (Northern Hill) reported leader Erwin Parentini Flores, more commonly known as Coco, allegedly planned the vicious murder of a rival club supporter on Sunday 15th December from prison.
The claims come after local police reportedly found a recording of the moment he gave the order.
Argentine newspaper ‘Infobae’ report the recording was from a phone conversation between Coco and another man where the hooligan boss said: “Do it quietly, we will do it between us”.
Infobae report Coco’s “accomplice” was instructed to “find a person on a motorcycle who would give him a weapon to shoot a Nacional supporter.”
The ‘Cerro Norte’ hooligan group support top-flight Uruguayan side Penarol who played rival club Nacional on Sunday 15th December to decide the Uruguayan Primera Division champion.
Nacional were crowned champions after their 1-0 victory which prompted supporters to take to the streets to celebrate their club’s win.
The video shows the moment several fans are seen carrying a body down a sidewalk shortly after the shooting.
Video Credit: Golders
In another video, two people are seen walking on a street when one turns around while the other continues to walk in the same direction.
The person that turned around is seen discharging a weapon several times before fleeing the scene.
The shooting claimed the life of Nacional supporter Lucas Langhain, 24. It is unclear if the 24-year-old was specifically targeted.
Local media report a 27-year-old male with a criminal record suspected of committing the homicide and a 21-year-old female who is suspected of being with him at the time of the shooting have been detained however their identities have not been released.
The pair have reportedly been put in preventative custody however it is unclear if they have been charged.
Uruguayan prosecutor Juan Gomez spoke with local media and said: “People can be calm as the people that committed the crime have been detained.”
Coco has reportedly been in and out of jail since he was 19 years old in 2009 with a rap sheet that includes robbery, extortion, possession of weapons, drug trafficking, homicide.
He has reportedly increased his power in the violent hooligan group since entering the ‘Penal de Libertad’ prison located in the city of Libertad in the San Jose department in southern Uruguay.
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