BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The plan of 15 soccer-crazy fans of Colombia’s Independiente Medellín was very simple. They wanted to travel to Buenos Aires to watch their team face Boca Juniors in the historic La Bombonera stadium in a Copa Libertadores group stage match. And they did that.
But then came the new coronavirus pandemic.
One month later, the group of supporters is in isolation in a modest hotel of Argentina’s capital. They say Colombian officials have deserted them.
“We don’t know what will happen to us, we need Colombian authorities to step up and help us return to our country,” said Ángelo Taborda, who speaks on the behalf of the supporters, in a phone interview with The Associated Press.