In Mexico, Guadalajara is preparing to host matches and thousands of fans for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Football fans are celebrating the tournament coming to Guadalajara. But with a brutal crime syndicate holding sway there, what are the risks for fans – and the government?

Mexico makes history as the first three-time World Cup hosts but this is a land of ravishing beauty and also menacing peril. A nation alive with music but too often held hostage…