The High Criminal Court pronounced the members of the Callejeros band guilty today during the hearing which unveiled the decision over who holds responsibility for the 2004 Cromañón club fire that killed 194 people. The sentence given to the club’s ex-manager Omar Chabán was reduced.
When the court opened the hearing, tensions rose between the relatives of the fire's victims and Federal Police who were guarding the entrance to the court. They were not granted permission to be present in the main courtroom, but broke their way in by force; pushing, shoving and hitting guards preventing their entry.
The relatives had been forced to stay outside of the hearing, being present in the adjacent courtroom, holding photographs and messages communicating their feelings that 'justice must be made, and those responsible must pay.'
The court communicated their decision over whether ex-manager Omar Chabán, and Callejeros band members who were playing the fatal night of the accident, will be sent to prison or not after the sentencing was changed in 2009. Chabán had already been sentenced to 20 years inprisonment previously.
The fire that took place in the Cromañón nightclub in December of 2004, killed 194 people.
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