The reigning champions Atlas won 0-1 at the Querétaro field when violence erupted in the stands after local fans were able to enter the visitors’ area, as seen in some videos, thanks to the fact that members of the security team would have turned a blind eye when they opened a door. The fight lasted more than an hour, both in the stands and on the grass and inside the stadium, where the harshest images were seen, as visiting fans were lynched and stripped naked. The bodies of the young people without clothes have been lying on the ground for minutes, until the Red Cross has been able to reach them. Different videos have shown how some radicals carried knives.
Players from both teams have sought refuge in the locker rooms as relatives try to escape the fight by jumping into the pit that connects to the playing field, where mothers have been seen taking off their Atlas T-shirts from their young children to try. prevent them from being attacked. There was no precedent or rivalry between the two clubs before today, which has come as a surprise to authorities, although there were precedents for violence at the Querétaro stadium.
Statements of condemnation were not long in coming. “Violence at La Corregidora stadium is inadmissible and unfortunate. For example, those responsible for the lack of security at the stadium will be punished, “said Mikel Arriola, president of the Mexican League. The governor of the state of Querétaro, Mauricio Kuri, has pointed directly against the club: “The company that owns Gallos and the institutions will have to answer for the facts”.
