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Little bands of fans ('barras bravas'?) destroy parts of the Monumental stadium in celebration of Boca Juniors championship-also injuring many

Match between River and Racing descends into chaos in the stands and the use of gas canisters against fans

Comment blasts the conditions Argentine soccer continues to find itself in when hinchas are mercilessly attacking each other

Fontanarrosa comments on the death of a fan (Suoto), the threats on journalists, and other forms of violence as a renewal of old calls by El Grafico to end this nonsense (and heed the calls for civility by the government)

Predating many of the accounts by scholars, this 1945 article makes mention of "barras bravas y seguidoras fieles" led by charismatic ring leaders like "Cantinflas".