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02/22 19:14 CST Soccer matches postponed amid violence after army kills Mexican
cartel leader 'El Mencho'
Soccer matches postponed amid violence after army kills Mexican cartel leader
'El Mencho'
By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) --- Four high-level soccer matches were postponed Sunday after
the Mexican army killed the leader of a powerful drug cartel in a town close to
the World Cup host city of Guadalajara.
Two top-tier games --- Queretaro vs. Juarez FC in the men's tournament and
Chivas vs. America in the women's league --- were postponed and two in the
second division were called off.
Mexico's national team has a friendly against Iceland scheduled for Wednesday
at the Corregidora stadium in Queretaro. The Mexican soccer federation hasn't
made any public moves to postpone it.
Nemesio Rubn Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," who led the Cartel Jalisco Nueva
Generacin, was wounded in Tapalpa, Jalisco about a two-hour drive southwest of
Guadalajara and he died while being flown 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 in the World
Cup in June, including two involving South Korea. Co-host Mexico, Spain,
Uruguay and Colombia will also play there.
The CJNG cartel is considered the most powerful in Mexico with an estimated
19,000 members and operations spanning 21 of Mexico's 32 states. It has been
designated a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration.
The Mexican Open, an ATP tennis tournament, will begin Monday at the GNP Arena
in Acapulco, Guerrero. Organizers issued a statement Sunday saying "the
tournament's operation continues as normal."
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AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
