Exclusive: the defense presented by Riquelme’s brother in the case investigating him for reselling tickets in Boca

After the chaotic suspension of the elections in Boca, with complaints and darts crossed between the ruling party and the opposition, in the last hours the investigative hearing was held on Cristian Riquelme and Ricardo Rosica, accused of illicit association and fraud in the case of ticket resale. The session, which had been postponed on three previous occasions, took place at the headquarters of the Prosecutor’s Office Specialized in Mass Events of the Citydirected by Dr. Celsa Ramirez.

The brother of the greatest idol of the institution, current vice president and candidate for the highest position of the Buenos Aires entity, together with the general secretary of the club, attended with their lawyers and They availed themselves of the right not to declareso they made a written statement. Infobae had access to it, in which he rejected any connection. “First of all, I strictly deny the accusations made. I specifically deny having sold a single entry ticket to the Boca Juniors Club or any other, because it does not turn out to be my task.”he began his discharge Cristian Riquelme. And he continued: “I have been in a dependency relationship with the institution since the beginning of 2020, fulfilling the duties of Director of coordination and organization of all issues related to professional football and the Lower Divisions. among which is even the delivery of access to the different stadiums in the country and abroad.”

“Unfortunately, due to the discomfort this causes my family I have been suffering all kinds of defamations and implausible accusations that have no other purpose than to damage the image of my brother, current vice president of the club and candidate for president in the elections that are not being able to take place due to unfortunate situations that involve forged signatures , false assertions, and that I believe are undoubtedly related to the present investigation,” argued the accused.

The investigation began in October 2022. After receiving an anonymous complaint, the prosecutor commissioned the Corps of Judicial Investigators and the City Police to infiltrate the alleged resale networks that also have The twelve as a presumed terminal, although in this case the bar has a separate process. Over there The officers discovered specific resale places that would reach more than 2,000 per game and that would have as their base of operations a location on Florida Street, a house 150 meters from The Bombonera and also, The Bombonerita, the club property. And he asked the judge to be able to tap the phones of several people, including Cristian Riquelme, something he did from January 25 of this year. When, based on the wiretapping, he believed he had enough material, he ordered the former soccer player’s brother to be raided, but He found few things in his house in the gated community of Pilar. The prosecutor suspected that the Buenos Aires Police, in charge of the procedure, leaked the information and that is why not only was there nothing, but not even the cell phone was there, which Chanchi He declared that it had been stolen the day before.

In the case of Ricardo Rosica, general secretary, the accusation has to do with the release of turnstiles or the use of master cards to open them when the members’ cards do not work. According to the police’s tasks, there are several turnstiles that get stuck and there the order for the employees is to use the master card for them to enter and on one occasion it is Rosica himself who goes down and resolves the issue with a group of lifers. If it is a maneuver as the prosecutor’s office suspects to let in people without valid cards and who pay outside or if it really is a technical failure that is resolved at the moment by letting them pass so that crowds do not occur, it is something that must be clarified this noon . The stadium entrance inspectors already declared and said that they were only responding to orders from either the union’s delegate or the club’s general secretary, headed by Rosica. Of course In some forms, bar bosses appear directly, such as Mauro Martín or the historic Santiago Lancry, making people pass by.. We will have to see how that is explained.

“Only someone who has never stepped foot on a court can try to put together a story about this.. This proves what is highlighted throughout the summary, an absolute discretion and arbitrariness to take measures and resolutions that at the time must be analyzed in depth by the judge who is ultimately competent,” he explained. Riquelme in the document. And he also insisted: “It is really crazy that for carrying out my tasks I am accused of participating in making a profit on the sale of a ticket.”.

“If they bring me a single person who proves that I sold them a ticket or a t-shirt, they could have the right to take my statement or chase me down the street to seize my phone, but this is an outrage that due to a false report and the inability of the investigators This cause advances and I am blamed for everything related to the Boca Juniors Club that arises from unverified facts. For all the above, I present this release and I request that it be part of the response to the notification of the fact made, warning that I will not answer any questions.because when I wanted to collaborate with the processing of the case, they lied to me and they ordered me to continue for 8 kilometers, then it was my constitutional right I leave this defense presented so that you or, failing that, the judge in charge of the case can evaluate it at the time and issue a resolution in accordance with the law.with evidence and not with mere reports or anonymous false accusations,” he concluded.

The prosecutor took the document, but decided to continue with testing measures and above all, she hopes to be able to open Riquelme’s cell phone, who repeated that for now she does not plan to provide the code for it, which complicates Justice, since she does not There is technology in Argentina to unlock an iPhone 14.