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It is not easy to find parking around La Corregidora, although you should not be scared either, because Querétaro usually boasts of its crime rate, one of the lowest in all of Mexico.

Located in the southern part of the city, next to the highway that leads to the Federal District, the stadium where

cemented his legend with four goals against Denmark in the 1986 World Cup, brings together dozens of

, who control every space for vehicles , with upper class neighbors, installed in luxurious developments.

Thousands of fans, locals and visitors, come every weekend to enjoy the festive and cordial atmosphere, with that incessant dialogue between Resistencia Albiazul, the Querétaro FC ultra group, and the occupants of

, the space where the rival fans stay.

This is usually the norm, even when hosting Atlas de Guadalajara.

The rivalry between two cities separated by 350 km and six hours of jolting by bus goes no further.

Not even the quarrels of 2007 had managed to exacerbate the spirits, nor alert the authorities.

So on Saturday, shortly before kick-off, only a football game was expected.

One more on the ninth day of the Liga MX Closing Tournament.

Today, 72 hours later, three fans are torn between life and death.

And another ten remain under intensive surveillance.

Everything exploded in La Corregidora with unprecedented violence, leaving a stunned country, without answers to images impossible to digest.

“It is something very worrying and of course it has moved us, because it is the first time it has happened at these levels,” says

, one of the men who knows Mexican soccer best, with more than 200 games on the bench of seven top-tier teams.

"Attempted homicide"

"It was not a simple attack, but a crime of attempted murder, given the weapons that were wielded and the attitude of the aggressors," this prestigious technician, who trained Atlas between July 2016, adds to EL MUNDO and January 2018. «It is also not convenient to underestimate the thesis that organized crime has infiltrated these

, with the idea of ​​taking revenge or personal lawsuits.

This thesis seems quite likely to me, given the viciousness with which they were used against the fans who traveled from Guadalajara.

"When I saw it, I got goosebumps, because I still have friends playing there,"

,

, with three years of experience in Liga MX, points out to this newspaper.

The Madrid side, today in search of a team, signed for Querétaro in 2019 from the great rival, Atlético San Luis.

«He was well known in both cities, but when he played in La Corregidora they never reminded me of my past, nor did they have a bad word with me.

And that the atmosphere is quite hot in the Clásico del Centro.

Much more than in the games against Atlas," emphasizes

, aware that what happened on Saturday "goes beyond colors, because there are people who are going to kill the rival."

The city will be the most affected by a group of people with serious problems.

'Cadete', former Querétaro player

«All this makes me very sad, since they can pay just for sinners.

There are many people behind without any fault.

The city will be the big loser due to a group of people with serious problems », he adds about the possibility that his former team will be definitively removed from the competition.

However, the usual political and economic interests, typical of any football business, rather suggest a heavy financial fine and a prolonged closure of the stadium.

This is the thesis that

, editor of the

, handles, also focusing on the flagrant absence of security measures.

“In a match like this, at least 500 police officers from the public forces should be expected, but only 150 attended. In addition, the 300 members of the private company did not have the necessary preparation,” Arellano abounds.

An amateur, in the outskirts of La Corregidora.AP

According to their findings, the GES K9 company hired several employees, without any prior training, in exchange for 300 pesos (14 euros).

Including a woman who was over 60 years old.

The intimate relationship of the board with Resistencia Albiazul, the most violent bar, has also been accredited with the sale of tickets: "They have been provided with more than a thousand, to access the stadium without registration."

Its leader,

, was identified on several occasions doing business with tickets.

In the image and likeness of South American soccer, violent groups broke into Mexico in the mid-1980s. "Then, a Morelia manager warned of the danger, but nobody wanted to listen to him," recalls Cruz, a supporter of "rooting out" this scourge. , with a "registration and control" of whoever threatens the integrity of the rest of the fans.

“This exceeded any limit and the time has come to take urgent action.

You have to ban the bars and not just the visitors, "concludes the coach.

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