A Mexican soccer field goes to the grave and 'blood cheering battle' hits South America in two months after '11 gunmen are killed'... 48 casualties in Peru

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At least one person was killed and dozens of others were injured during a large-scale cheering match outside the stadium a day before the Peruvian professional football's "mature confrontation."

Britain's "The Sun" reported on the 4th (local time) that "the disaster occurred while hundreds of fans gathered at Alejandro Villanueva Stadium ahead of the derby match between home team Alliantha Lima and rival Univercitario and held a so-called "flag-waving event."

Peruvian Health Minister Juan Carlos Velasco Guerrero officially confirmed that one person was killed and 47 others were injured in the accident. Three of the injured are known to be in critical condition, which is feared to cause additional casualties.

Immediately after the accident, the Ministry of Home Affairs said 40 firefighters were rushed along with the statement that "people were trapped in the structure," sparking speculation that some of the stadium's walls may have collapsed. However, fire chief Marcos Pahuelo dismissed the wall collapse theory, saying, "As a result of field evaluation, no structures were damaged or collapsed." The Allianza Lima club also explained that it had nothing to do with structural defects in sports facilities based on the results of the preliminary investigation.

The Allianza Lima club expressed its deepest condolences to the casualties and promised to "fully cooperate with the authorities concerned and ensure complete transparency in the investigation process." Despite the accident, the Peruvian Professional Football Federation said the weekend derby game will proceed as scheduled, adding that it will work closely with authorities to create a safe stadium environment.

Peru has suffered a terrible soccer field disaster in the past. During the match against Argentina at Estadio Nacional in Lima, the ground invasion by fans dissatisfied with the decision and the police crackdown on tear gas combined, resulting in the worst disaster in history, with as many as 328 people crushed to death and more than 500 injured.

Meanwhile, the accident is another tragedy in Latin American football, just two months after 11 people were killed in a gunman's shooting on a Mexican soccer field. In February, gunmen in pickup trucks stormed a soccer field and fired more than 100 indiscriminate shots in Salamanca, Mexico. Victims waiting for ambulances died of excessive bleeding at the time, and women and children were among the casualties, causing shock.

The area is a place where power struggles between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the Jalisco new generation cartel are intense, and at the time, Mayor Prieto earnestly appealed to President Claudia Sheinbaum for government-level support to control the violence.

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