Theo Leggett

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Global News Podcast · Ukraine defiant on the 4th anniversary of Russia's invasion · 24 Feb 2026 podcast

I think it's a huge concern.

For decades now, Mexico has been waging war on organized crime, the cartels.

But I think that day-to-day people feel that, but maybe it doesn't come into things like football that often.

We've had some incidents...

Where you have had these moments, there have been matches, not frequently, but there was an instance of a match where the shooting took place outside and the match was canceled because players ran off the field and people left the stadium in fear.

So it does happen, but it kind of rarely touches the kind of football world.

But yeah, I mean, insecurity in Mexico, it is a problem.

It is real and people are dealing with it every day.

Yeah, I definitely think that FIFA, when they were going through the host nation process, thought about kind of the security situation in Mexico.

You know, I would say that all three of the host nations kind of bring their own quirks and concerns.

Canada may be less so, but obviously the recent immigration enforcement push in the United States and the violence that ISIS caused has been a concern for many people, especially for an event that's supposed to welcome the world.

And in Mexico, I think that security was always kind of the big question mark.

Infrastructure was up there, too.

When I've been traveling in the Mexican host cities, a lot of people talk to me about the traffic that's going to be caused, the lack of public transportation systems.

Not completely, but lack of public transportation to the stadium or from the airport to the main part of the city, for example.

But I definitely think that FIFA probably, if you gave...

officials truth serum, their biggest concern about Mexico hosting a men's world cup for the third time, a record, their biggest issue was the security and the concern.

And I think that you see why with something like the incident that we're seeing now, uh,

Although there's a very clear kind of cause and effect, right?

The Mexican government kills El Mencho, captures and kills the leader of this very powerful organized crime group, the cartel New Generation Jalisco.

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