Mexico City.- The violence unleashed after the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CCJNG), Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes 'El Mencho', has also affected the development of Mexican soccer, which saw the Women's Classic, between Guadalajara and América, and the Querétaro-Juárez of the MX League, which was to be played at the La Corregidora Stadium, where the Mexican national team is scheduled to play a friendly against Iceland on Wednesday, suspended for security reasons.
'El Mencho', 59 years old, died on Sunday while being transported by air to Mexico City by federal forces, after an operation in the municipality of Tapalpa, 130 kilometers south of Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco (west).
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The operation in that rural area led to an armed confrontation in which military personnel repelled an aggression, resulting in seven alleged CJNG members killed - including the leader himself -, two detainees and the seizure of high-powered weaponry and armored vehicles, including rocket launchers, according to the Army. In response to the action, the so-called 'narco-blockades' began in different parts of southern Jalisco, the birthplace of the CJNG, with burned vehicles and closed roads.Faced with this wave of violence, which spread to neighboring states such as Michoacán, Colima and Nayarit (west), and later to Guanajuato, Aguascalientes (center), Tamaulipas, Baja California (north), Guerrero and Quintana Roo (south), Liga MX decided to suspend the Querétaro-Juárez match, from matchday 7 of the Clausura tournament, which was to be played at the Estadio La Corregidora in Jalisco.








