Mexico plans to proceed with its pleasant match scheduled towards Iceland on Wednesday on the Corregidora Stadium in Queretaro amid unrest and violence within the nation, sources informed ESPN on Monday.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, nickmamed El Mencho and the chief of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, was killed Sunday by the Mexican military in a focused assault, inflicting widespread backlash from members of the group. People burned automobiles and blocked roads in protest, forcing the FMF to postpone Sunday’s Liga MX match between Queretaro and Juarez FC, and Chivas vs. America within the girls’s league.
These postponements put Wednesday’s pleasant in query, however the Mexico group went forward with its beforehand scheduled coaching session in Queretaro on Monday and a supply from the Mexican federation informed ESPN that the sport was anticipated to happen as deliberate.
The unrest has additionally led FIFA to request studies from Mexico on the safety state of affairs that affected the nation, sources added.
FIFA is intently monitoring the occasions that transpired Sunday and Monday, significantly in Guadalajara, Jalisco, which will likely be one of many host cities for the 2026 World Cup this summer season.
Jalisco’s capital, Guadalajara, is scheduled to host 4 video games within the World Cup in June, together with two involving South Korea. Co-host Mexico, Spain, Uruguay and Colombia will even play there.
Earlier than the video games in the summertime, Monterrey and Guadalajara are set to host the FIFA interconfederation playoff matches in March that can decide two of the remaining six members on the World Cup. Bolivia, Suriname, New Caledonia, Jamaica, Iraq and DR Congo are all set to compete.
Inside paperwork, despatched from FIFA Mexico to FIFA headquarters in Zurich, summarized the occasions that occurred between Sunday and the early hours of Monday, in order that the governing physique can decide if any safety points exist and take subsequent steps.
For now, sources affirm there are not any indicators or indications that Mexico’s capacity to host the World Cup or the interconfederation playoff matches are in danger.
Mexico additionally has a pre-World Cup pleasant scheduled with Portugal in March — a sport wherein international star Cristiano Ronaldo is predicted to participate.
As one of many host nations for the World Cup, Mexico will play within the first sport of the match towards South Africa in Mexico Metropolis on June 11.
The CJNG cartel is taken into account essentially the most highly effective in Mexico, with an estimated 19,000 members and operations spanning 21 of the nation’s 31 states and Mexico Metropolis. It has been designated a international terrorist group by the Trump administration.
Info from The Related Press was used on this report.
