EDM Identity
  • News
  • Music
    • Exclusive Mixes
    • Playlists
  • Events
  • Culture
  • Interviews
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
EDM Identity
  • News
  • Music
    • Exclusive Mixes
    • Playlists
  • Events
  • Culture
  • Interviews
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
EDM Identity
No Result
View All Result

Police Conduct “Unnecessarily Aggressive” Raid of Under Club in Buenos Aires

John Cameron by John Cameron
July 31, 2024
in News

Under Club, a fixture of the Buenos Aires techno community, was the subject of a five-month investigation that led to four arrests on July 5.


Under Club, a well-known Buenos Aires techno institution, was the subject of a police raid in the early hours of July 5 that resulted in the arrests of three staff members and one patron.

Citing anonymous eyewitnesses, Resident Advisor reports that plainclothes officers entered the club between 1:30 and 2am. They ended the music, turned on the lights, and demanded that everyone sit on the floor before about 40 officers in riot gear followed. They allegedly searched lockers and bags before making everyone form two lines and then aggressively searching them as well.

“The whole atmosphere felt unnecessarily aggressive,” said one eyewitness. “They divided everyone into two areas — dance floor and backstage — and started taking people upstairs in small groups to search them, which really scared us. I saw the managers of the club go up there and never come back down.”

Another reportedly said that everyone in Under Club remained compliant until the raid was over. “We had no idea what was happening,” they said. “We didn’t know what they were going to do or how long we’d have to stay. Despite that, people really collaborated with the situation.”

Those arrested in the raid were released by July 8, according to a statement shared on Instagram by Under Club. “We have received the news that the preventive detention … has been rejected,” it read, going on to say that “for 70 hours, they were deprived of their freedom and unable to hug their loved ones.”

The investigation stemmed from an incident in which a 21-year-old girl named Luna Álvarez Debali died in a hospital two days after attending Under Club. She reportedly consumed drugs prior to her arrival and also bought MDMA pills inside. Under Club’s statement says that all of its staff are against the sale of drugs inside the venue, and it rejects an existing narrative that they ejected Debali from the club to fend for herself.

Under Club has remained closed ever since the police raid.


ShareTweetShareShare
John Cameron

John Cameron

I'm a recovering techno elitist and the managing editor of EDM Identity. I try to write articles that give the context I wished I had when I started getting more into dance music two decades ago.

MORE ON EDMIDENTITY

Police Identify Suspected Burning Man Homicide Victim
News

Police Identify Suspected Burning Man Homicide Victim

by John Cameron
September 3, 2025
Dirtybird CampINN 2023
News

Dirtybird CampINN Pays Hotel Partner Late Resulting in $1K Holds on Attendees’ Cards

by John Cameron
September 2, 2025
Longtime Chicago House DJ Lee Collins Dies Following Battle with Cancer
News

Longtime Chicago House DJ Lee Collins Dies Following Battle with Cancer

by John Cameron
September 1, 2025
Burning Man 2024
News

First Suspected Homicide in Burning Man History Prompts Police Investigation

by John Cameron
September 1, 2025
EDC Mexico 2025 wasteLAND
Events

EDC Mexico Drops 2026 Dates and Presale Details

by Penny B
August 29, 2025
Next Post
DUSA

DUSA Harmonize in Music and Life: The Perfect Blend of Love and Melody

FOLLOW US

Facebook Instagram TikTok Twitter Soundcloud Youtube
EDM Identity

© 2025 All Rights Reserved

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Team
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility

Cleantalk Pixel
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Music
  • Events
  • Culture
  • Festival Tips
  • Interviews
  • Shop

© 2025 All Rights Reserved

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.