<\/p>\nListen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The city of Guadalajara erupted with cartel violence this past weekend, alongside other parts of Mexico, after a notorious drug lord was killed in an army raid.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Guadalajara is looking ahead nervously to the FIFA World Cup this June and July, during\u00a0which it will host four games.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Authorities are turning to technology to keep their slice of the planet\u2019s premier sporting event safe, as Mexico is cohosting the tournament with the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Drones, anti-drone equipment and AI-driven video surveillance systems are some of the tools the government of Jalisco state, of which Guadalajara is the capital, will deploy to provide security.<\/p>\n<p>The preparations come as Jalisco endures an epidemic of disappearances and the discovery of clandestine graves, with Guadalajara having more of its residents go missing due to brutal drug-related violence than any other city in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Nemesio \u201cEl Mencho\u201d Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and one of the most wanted men in Mexico and the US, was killed in a military operation some 130km (80 miles) from Guadalajara.<\/p>\n<p>The cartel reacted with fury, triggering gunfire with security forces that killed at least 57 people across Mexico, including soldiers and cartel members, as well as highway blockades in 20 states.<\/p>\n<p>Following the burning of buses and businesses, authorities suspended football games in Guadalajara and the central state of Queretaro.<\/p>\n<p>Football\u2019s world governing body, FIFA, declined to comment on the violence in one of the cup\u2019s host cities.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the streets of Guadalajara remained almost empty, as businesses stayed shut and classes were suspended in Jalisco. Schools were also shut down in a dozen other states.<\/p>\n<p>Days before, state security officials had reported that Guadalajara was \u201cpeaceful\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"grotesque-situation\">\u2018Grotesque situation\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Jalisco is one of the states with the most disappeared people in Mexico, with 12,575 reported missing, according to official statistics. More than half of the cases come from Guadalajara\u2019s metropolitan area. Disappearances are driven by forced recruitment for criminal groups, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Family members of disappeared people have unearthed hundreds of clandestine graves as they look for their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Some activists have expressed dismay over Guadalajara\u2019s hosting of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there is anything to celebrate. It seems like a pretty grotesque situation to me,\u201d 26-year-old Carmen Ponce, whose brother Victor Hugo was disappeared in 2020, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country celebrates goals while we are here searching,\u201d she said at a field where last September she and her mother found buried plastic bags containing the remains of five people.<\/p>\n<p>People are also jittery about hosting World Cup games in a city that has been through so much.<\/p>\n<p>Juan Carlos Contreras, who oversees the city\u2019s security camera network, told AFP there could be protests by residents furious with the government as they search for their missing loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Missael Robles, a 31-year-old tour guide from Guadalajara, told AFP that he has cancelled as many as 25 tours since the violence erupted\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe economic blow is a big deal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have discovered properties used by criminal groups just a few kilometres from the Akron Stadium, which is due to host World Cup games.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 2km (1.2 miles) from the sporting complex, state prosecution officials raided a house and arrested two people on kidnapping charges.<\/p>\n<p>AFP saw chains wrapped around metal bars in the abandoned building, with the Akron Stadium visible in the distance.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Raul Servin, who has been looking for his son Raul since he disappeared in April 2018, fears that tourists coming for the World Cup could be preyed upon by criminal gangs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want anything to happen,\u201d he said, \u201clike what\u2019s happened to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Servin remembers with nostalgia that his son was a football fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he were here, he would be happy about the World Cup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info The city of Guadalajara erupted with cartel violence this past weekend, alongside other parts of Mexico, after a notorious drug lord was killed in an army raid. 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