MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� Four high-level soccer matches were postponed Sunday after the in a town close to the host city of Guadalajara.
Two top-tier games 鈥� Queretaro vs. Juarez FC in the men’s tournament and Chivas vs. America in the women鈥檚 league 鈥� were postponed and two in the second division were called off.
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 Rub茅n Oseguera Cervantes, 鈥淓l Mencho,鈥� who led the , 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 in nearly a dozen Mexican states.
Jalisco鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 鈥渢he tournament’s operation continues as normal.鈥�
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