MEXICO CITY (AP) – FIFA representatives met with Mexican authorities Wednesday to assess the safety of the venue. world cup The match will be held in Mexico.
Concerns arose after violent incidents in several Mexican states last week in which a man was arrested and killed in a military operation. Drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantesalso known as “El Mencho”, is the leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel.
“We have reviewed the intelligence, preventive and operational protocols to be carried out during this international event,” Federal Security Secretary Omar García Harfucci said on his social media account.
Mexico, the United States, and Canada will jointly host the World Cup. In Mexico, 13 matches are scheduled to be held in three cities: Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey.
The opening match of the tournament, Mexico vs. South Africa, will be held on June 11th. At Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
In addition to FIFA representatives and García Halfuchi, Wednesday’s meeting also included members of the Security Cabinet and officials from Mexico City, Jalisco and Nuevo León states.
Earlier, Mr. President claudia sheinbaum He said that thanks to the efforts of the federal and state forces, the safety of all those visiting the country during the Games will be guaranteed.
“Safety is guaranteed, there will be sufficient monitoring and testing to ensure that no problems arise, and it will be a wonderful, peaceful World Cup that the visitors will come to enjoy,” Scheinbaum said at a daily briefing.
Mexico’s president spoke by phone with FIFA president Gianni Infantino last Thursday, expressing “full confidence” that Mexico could co-host the World Cup despite riots in Guadalajara, Jalisco and 19 other states, with dozens of stores, bank branches and vehicles torched and looted and roads blocked.
The state of Jalisco, the main stronghold of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, became the epicenter of the violence on February 22 after the arrest and death of Oseguera Cervantes in the southern town of Tapalpa.
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