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Mexican cartel clashes spark security concerns ahead of FIFA World Cup

The violence erupted just under four months before Mexico City hosts the opening match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa.

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00:01Cartel violence triggered by the killing of Mexico's most powerful drug lord is
00:07suing worries about tourism just months before the country co-host the World Cup.
00:12Maria Dolores Aguirre's family corner store, located in the mountain of the radical state,
00:17has lived of tourism. She fears the bloodshed will deal a blow to her livelihood.
00:23The government will have to have a lot of security, especially, but I think it will affect
00:31it because it has been done with the knowledge of all the world, so the people will think
00:39about coming. It will affect it.
00:45Nemesio Cegara-Savantes, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was killed on Sunday
00:51after a shootout with the Mexican military. More than 70 people died in the attempt to
00:56capture the cartel leader, also known as El Mencho, authorities said Monday.
01:01Violence has since erupted in Jalisco and several other states across Mexico.
01:06Some analysts have warned that El Mencho's killing would lead to instability as contenders
01:12seek to replace him. On another hand, cartels have an economic interest in ensuring that
01:18the World Cup is peaceful, they say. The World Cup, co-hosted by Mexico, the United States
01:23and Canada, will start on the 11th of June.
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