MEXICO CITY — Four high-profile soccer matches were postponed Sunday after the Mexican military killed the leader of a powerful drug cartel near the city. world cup Host city of Guadalajara.
Two top-tier games – Querétaro vs. Juárez FC in the men’s tournament and Chivas vs. América in the women’s league – were postponed, and two in the second division were cancelled.
The Mexico national team is scheduled to play a friendly against Iceland at the Corregidora Stadium in Queretaro on Wednesday. The Mexican Football Federation has not taken any public steps to postpone it.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, nicknamed El Mencho, who led the cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, was wounded in Tapalpa, Jalisco, about a two-hour drive southwest of Guadalajara, and died while being transported to Mexico City.
Following his death, cartel members burned cars and blocked roads in nearly a dozen Mexican states.
Jalisco’s capital, Guadalajara, is scheduled to host four games at the World Cup in June, including two south korea. co-host Mexico, spain, uruguay And Colombia Will play there too.
The CJNG cartel is considered the most powerful in Mexico, with an estimated 19,000 members and operations in 21 of 32 states. It has been designated a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration.
The Mexican Open, an ATP tennis tournament, begins on Monday at the GNP Arena in Acapulco, Guerrero. Organizers issued a statement on Sunday saying, “The tournament is continuing to operate as normal.”
