17 fans died in a soccer riot at the Queretaro-Atlas match. There was basically zero security of any kind at the stadium, and the entire area fell to riot.
As a result:
- Atlas is forfeited the match, 3-0.
- An absolute one-year closed-door ban on fans for Queretaro home matches remains -- INCLUDING the women's and youth teams.
- And they won't be allowed to play at all in their city unless a full security perimeter is around the stadium. Good fucking luck on that one. Much of the current state of the situation doesn't even recognize 17 people died in the riot!
- The current ownership group has been thrown out of Liga MX and banned from any further involvement for five years, with a caretaker situation which must be rectified with the team being sold this calendar year.
- Anyone found guilty of crimes for this riot will never be allowed at another Liga MX match again.
- Team fined about $70,000.
- Facial recognition will be forced into all Liga MX stadiums.
- The fan group for Queretaro is banned for a year, Atlas', for six months.
- The ultra group for Queretaro is banned for one year from all matches, three years from home matches.
- There was some discussion of throwing Queretaro out of the league, part and parcel, right now. And why they didn't do so is anyone's guess!!
- The home manager has notified the media his players got death threats during the aftermath of all this.
Yeah, I think one Redditor has it right: Raze the stadium, disband the team, fuck ALL OF THIS.
Because, I hate to say this: This is Mexico. They don't give a fuck down there.
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