Can you dispute a World in a city where a sign burns dozens of vehicles and businesses in response to the fall of their leader? There is security conditions to receive thousands of tourists? That is the concern that Mexico and the world wake up with today after the wave of violence in Guadalajara due to the fall of the most wanted kingpin, Nemesio Oseguera, alias ‘El Mencho’hidden just one hundred kilometers from the stadium where, for example, Spain will face Uruguay in just four months.
The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, wanted to dispel any doubts about the permanence of Guadalajara as the venue for the next Soccer World Cup. “There is no risk“, he assured in his morning conference, stating that there are “all guarantees” in terms of security to host the tournament. The president insists that “normality has been restored“, but in Jaliscohe fief state of ‘El Mencho’there are still narco-blockades on roads and burning stores.
“They still happen vans with armed men. The problem is not over, at any minute they will set cars on fire again,” he tells THE NEWSPAPER on the phone a woman who works in a inn near Akron Stadiumthe venue in Guadalajara that will host four of the group stage matches. “I hope there is not World. Instead of worrying about the World Cup, They should worry about the security of Mexico. “Why are we going to bring people to live the same fear as us?” continues the owner of the restaurant, who prefers to omit her name for fear of being killed. She also prefers to “stop making money with the World Cup” rather than “there being a greater possibility of attacks.”
“Optimal conditions”
The virulent reaction of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has put on alert the FIFAwho has requested a extraordinary meeting with the mexican government to know the security situation. The alarms have also gone off among the countries that will play matches in Guadalajara, as can be read on the front pages of the media. Spain, Colombia o South Korea. The statutes of the international football federation allow a venue to be withdrawn from the tournament if the necessary conditions are not met. optimal conditionsbut today it seems that it is still not an option.
Everything will depend on the scope of the internal war for the succession to head the sign most powerful of Mexico. In recent months, several blows have been dealt against the CJNG that have weakened its structure middle management. With the eldest son of ‘El Mencho’ in prison, the most popular candidates are his stepson and his son-in-law. “He federal government has enough time to impose the order. The current violence is a reaction visceralbut in rational terms the cartel is not interested in attacking government forces, but rather calm the waters“, comments the political scientist Juan Carlos Monterowhich, even so, provides for a “rarefied atmosphere”.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, speaks during a press conference this Tuesday, at the National Palace in Mexico City (Mexico). / José Méndez / EFE
Mass graves
Around the modern stadium inaugurated just over a decade ago, there have been found dozens of mass graves with more than 500 bags con human remains. Jalisco is one of the states with the most disappearances in a Mexico with about 130,000 people missingwhere last year this criminal practice increased to the detriment of homicide. A postcard that surely those will not see three million visitors that Jalisco expects to receive, which by June will have a huge deployment of thousands of police and military personnel.
“The cartel is not interested either generate violence, because it loses clients. Any attack will increase the pressure on the United States to combat them and now it is more interested in reorganizing and continuing with its businesses,” says the analyst. Javier Oliva. Guadalajara It is run by the CJNG and it is even common to find its members in the night bars in fashion or in shopping centers. “The plaza is controlled. They call him racketeeringbecause they have a strategy and they know that it is not in their best interest to attract attention. “Common crime is more worrying,” he adds. Zapopan, the outskirts of the stadium where Chivas normally plays, is one of the municipalities with the highest crime rate. extortionbut not so much murderssample of the dominance imposed by the cartel. half of your million and a half population it feels insecure. There they shot dead a influencer directly or to a former mayor. A World Cup will be held there, in a epicenter of blood and horror.
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