The Academy was held responsible for failing to fulfill its duty of security in the journalist's murder, which occurred in 2013 in Villa del Parque
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Racing suffered a major legal setback that has a direct impact on its finances. The courts ordered it to pay almost 200 million pesos in compensation to the family of Nicolás Pacheco, a member and partisan journalist who was murdered in 2013 inside one of the institution's facilities.
The incident took place in the early hours of January 24 of that year at the facility that the club owns in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa del Parque. According to what was proven in the criminal case, Nicolás Pacheco had taken part in a barbecue at the club when he was beaten by Aníbal Domínguez Butler, Enrique Rulet, and Juan Carlos Rodríguez.
After the beating, the strikers threw his body into the swimming poolin order to stage an accident. The autopsy determined that the death occurred as a result of multiple trauma, skull fracture, and a cranioencephalic hemorrhage.
La pileta donde fue encontrado sin vida Pacheco
In the recent ruling, the judge concluded that the Avellaneda club completely failed to comply with the duty of safety that it had toward the people who were inside its premises.
The judgment also recalled that the three men involved in the crime were sentenced to twelve years in prison for the homicide. In the civil sphere, the judge held that all of them must answer for the damages caused, including two who did not appear during the proceedings and were declared in contempt.
The decision was handed down by the national civil court judge of first instance Jorge Sobrino Reig, within the framework of the case brought by the victim's parents and brother against Racing and those responsible for the incident. The ruling can be appealed to the National Civil Court of Appeals.
La Justicia responsabilizó a Racing por el asesinato de Pacheco
The central focus of the decision was on the club's conduct. For the judge, there was a consumer relationship between Racing and the victim, which entailed a strict safety obligation. In that regard, he considered that the institution failed to guarantee minimum protection conditions inside the facility.
La Academia tried to disclaim responsibility, asserting that the crime was caused exclusively by third parties and that there was security personnel on site. However, the judge rejected that argument on the grounds that the existence of a fortuitous event that would break the causal link was not proven.
This way, Sobrino Reig jointly ordered Racing Club Asociación Civil, its insurer, and the three men convicted in the criminal case to pay 199,720,000 pesos, plus interest and court costs.
