Melee Erupts Between Mexican Soccer Fans, 26 Injured & Some Feared Dead

The football game played in Mexico this weekend got out of the hands of the fans – to the point that hitting them made many seem to be on the verge of death.

This happened on Saturday in central Mexico between Queretaro (the hosts) and the Guadalajara Atlas … the latter team waved red / black jerseys. During the 62 minutes of the match, the referee signaled for a penalty kick.

Several videos have appeared showing the cruelty that has taken place – many of which are too graphic to be published here. Let’s just say … many of these people took things too far.

There are clips where several groups of guys group together into one or more individuals and hit them into oblivion with punches, kicks, and blows with objects like chairs and poles. Also, several victims were completely stripped of their clothes and lay unconscious. And some were even robbed while pickpockets dived to take their property.

Many of these people were, in fact, presumed dead – understandably, especially when you see one of these – and unconfirmed reports from Mexico raised even more … claiming that several died in the fight.

However, the official view of the Governor of Queretaro is that no one died from this … but more than 26 people were hospitalized, including a handful in critical condition.

As you can imagine, there were families with children running / hiding in front of their lives … and there are even reports of some eyewitnesses saying parents had to take off their children’s jerseys for fear of a competing fan attacking them.

The league to which these two teams belong, Liga MX, suspended the rest of the games for the weekend and condemned the violence … saying it would launch a full investigation and commit to holding these parties accountable – including the honchos at the venue itself.

There’s a lot of finger pointing going on – between security (or lack thereof), but mostly into fights themselves … that apparently allowed the race to explode into a situation of life or death.