Leon Crassé
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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June 11, 2026.
20 years later, we're going to go to a stadium with our three boys.
Oh, that's beautiful.
I'm very, very excited.
I hope the team does well.
And if we get the chance to play England...
in Azteca Stadium on July 5th, round of 16, under the Mexico City sun, that would be full circle for me.
Yes, and this is the Mexican government's main concern.
It sits there in the back of our minds as the tournament begins.
The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, or CJNG as it's known, has become probably Mexico's most successful, violent, sinister criminal organization.
It has militarized more aggressively and more openly than almost any cartel before it.
This was a cartel that shot down an army helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and using high-caliber Barrett 50 rifles.
It deploys makeshift landmines.
have a cruel and brutal human trafficking network, and they are very powerful in the illicit trade of fentanyl.
As you know, the White House has now focused very intensely on security in Mexico, and the Carta de Jalisco Nueva Generación is probably the main reason for that.
They are very dangerous.
They have an army at their disposal.
They have armored vehicles.
They were using drones before they became part of modern warfare in Ukraine and elsewhere.