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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Judges convicted a concert promoter, three city officials and a band manager Wednesday in a 2004 fire that killed 194 people at an overcrowded working-class nightclub. The court absolved the Callejeros band of criminal responsibility for the blaze caused by fans’ fireworks.
The verdict for the band and the court’s decision to allow those convicted to remain free pending appeal prompted an uproar. Police struggled to separate family members of victims and followers of the band who punched one another in the courtroom and outside.
