Nearly 6,000 Argentine fans banned from stadiums at Qatar World Cup

Violent fans involved in illegal associations and even those in debt for food dues are part of a list of 6,000 Argentines who will not be allowed to enter World Cup stadiums in Qatar, the Buenos Aires city government said on Monday.

"The violent ones are here and in Qatar. We want to bring peace back to football and that the violent ones are outside the stadiums," the city's Justice and Security Minister Marcelo D'Alessandro said in an interview on a local radio station.

"They were included for belonging to the barras (violent fans), for participating in violent acts, for illicit associations such as "trapitos" (banned street businesses) and for owing maintenance payments (from divorced parents)," he added.

To stop Argentina's aggressive fans, known as hooligans, from attending the World Cup, the national security ministry and the Qatari embassy inked a cooperation agreement in June.

D'Alessandro said that 3,000 of the 6,000 Argentines barred from accessing stadiums are "barrabravas," who are prohibited from attending local league games.