Jack Mckeever (@jackmckeever): "A week ago, the latest edition of Occupy the Pitch went live. Who is ‘El Futbolista’? Just how deeply embedded are the cartels in Mexican football club ownership? And what are the authorities trying to do about the country’s most vicious gangs before the 2026 World Cup? All …"

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A week ago, the latest edition of Occupy the Pitch went live.

Who is ‘El Futbolista’? Just how deeply embedded are the cartels in Mexican football club ownership? And what are the authorities trying to do about the country’s most vicious gangs before the 2026 World Cup?

All of these questions and more are answered in ‘Follow the Money: A Brief History of Cartels in Mexican Football’.

Have a read below and let me know what you think.

Just before catching a flight to Colombia, the authorities found $1 million worth of cash in his luggage. Cognizant that ‘snitching’ on his handlers would end very badly for him, Maya used the age-old alibi; that a ‘stranger’ had given him the cash, paying him a separate amount to transport it. Shockingly, it didn’t work.

Jack Mckeever

Apr 1

7:46 AM

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