Fox News Latino: "Eight months ago, players and referees ran for cover as gunfire erupted outside of Torreón's Santos Laguna's soccer stadium.
Gunmen had opened fire on a police patrol and while nobody was killed, the scene outside the stadium was part of a daily occurrence from the drug cartel violence that engulfs this city in northern Mexico.
Fast forward to next week, when the same stadium will be the main stage for a big moment in Mexican sports. Santos Laguna will try to win the CONCACAF Champions League against Mexico rival Monterrey. The winner of the two-leg finals advances to Tokyo for the Club World Cup, which was won last year by Spanish giant Barcelona." read more
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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