{"id":201578,"date":"2026-02-25T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/mexico-president-says-theres-no-risk-for-2026-world-cup-after-cartel-operation-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:38:12","slug":"mexico-president-says-theres-no-risk-for-2026-world-cup-after-cartel-operation-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/mexico-president-says-theres-no-risk-for-2026-world-cup-after-cartel-operation-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico president says there&#039;s &#039;no risk&#039; for 2026 World Cup after cartel operation &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico&#8217;s President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday there are &#8220;all the guarantees&#8221; for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in the country, after the\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/world\/2026\/02\/23\/what-is-happening-in-mexico\/88823261007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>capture and death\u00a0of Mexico&#8217;s most-wanted cartel leader<\/a> triggered roadblocks, arson and security clashes, notably in Jalisco state.<br \/>Asked if the\u00a0top international soccer tournament, which is\u00a0expected to draw\u00a0crowds\u00a0of fans\u00a0from around the world to\u00a0matches in Mexico City, Monterrey and Jalisco&#8217;s capital Guadalajara, <a href=\/story\/travel\/news\/2026\/02\/23\/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-mexico\/88833143007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>would pose a risk to visitors<\/a>, Sheinbaum said there was &#8220;no risk.&#8221;<br \/>Sheinbaum said the situation was normalizing after cartel members coordinated a series of violent attacks on Sunday in the aftermath of an operation to capture cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as &#8220;El Mencho,&#8221; which resulted in his death.<br \/>Several new roadblocks appeared overnight, Sheinbaum told a morning press conference, but said that security forces were working to restore security.<br \/>Sheinbaum has largely followed the political map of her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who prioritized alleviating poverty and other root causes of violence, adopting a slogan of &#8220;hugs not bullets.&#8221; Asked whether the killing of Oseguera marked a break from that policy, Sheinbaum\u00a0said this would never be the case.<br \/>&#8220;The detention of a suspected criminal with an arrest warrant can generate this type of circumstance, but we are looking for peace, not war,&#8221; she said.<br \/>The arrests of other top cartel figures in Sinaloa state have in recent years also triggered cartel retaliation, including shootouts and vehicles set on fire.<br \/>Mexico is set to host 13 of 104 World Cup matches. Four of these are set to be held in Guadalajara. It will also host some preliminary warm-up matches before the tournament opens on June 11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOU2c5dE0yR1dwRkdiWW02WDhQYThTOWZleGhtUFR6Ym9oUElfdFpNc2M1Vk9xUnJER3VWc0NScjJDbjNKaU44bGpOOUUtNHBoYnVvb01MQ0o1TmdsVm5oVm9lcU5vWUJvVWhfUnpZSzVHM2xSOUMxWm8xd1VxRHhuV0U3aS1lb1FEdEQxOW5NN1llWFlTTE9PeldnRV9IUWtxa2RGdUZBOFF5V0VWdzRVUw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico&#8217;s President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday there are &#8220;all the guarantees&#8221; for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in the country, after the\u00a0capture and death\u00a0of Mexico&#8217;s most-wanted cartel leader triggered roadblocks, arson and security clashes, notably in Jalisco state.Asked if the\u00a0top international soccer tournament, which is\u00a0expected to draw\u00a0crowds\u00a0of fans\u00a0from around the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-201578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}