Football matches postponed in Mexico after drug cartel leader killed

Cancelled games included the seventh round of the Clausura tournament in Mexico’s premier MX professional league.

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Four high-level football matches were postponed on Sunday after the Mexican army killed the leader of a powerful drug cartel in a town close to the FIFA World Cup 2026 host city of Guadalajara.

Two top-tier competition fixtures – Queretaro vs Juarez in the men’s tournament and Chivas vs America in the women’s league – were postponed, and two in the second division were called off.

Football matches postponed in Mexico after drug cartel leader killed

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